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The Northern Illinois University Huskies wrap up the 2019 season with a Senior Night battle versus Western Michigan on ESPNU.The Huskies will honor 18 seniors, including 11 defensive players and six on offense, in ceremonies prior to the game.Junior tailback Tre Harbison has surpassed the 1,000-yard mark for the second consecutive season, becoming the first H uskie r unning back to post back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons since Chad Spann (2009-10), and the first NIU player to reach that standard since Jordan Lynch (2012-13). After posting his fifth 100-yard rushing game of the season and 10th of his career with 112 yards versus Eastern Michigan, Harbison upped his career total to 2,345 rushing yards. He needs 88 yards to surpass Thomas Hammock for 13th on the Huskies’ all-time rushing list.Turnovers have told much of the tale for the Huskies this season. NIU has committed 17 turnovers on the year while forcing 11. The Huskies are 3-0 when winning the turnover battle, 0-2 when that total is tied and 1-5 when they have more turnovers than their opponent.Thomas Hammock is wrapping up his first season as head coach at his alma mater. Prior to coming to NIU, Hammock spent five years coaching running backs for the Baltimore Ravens. The only two-time first-team Academic All-American in NIU football history, he recorded back-to-back 1,000-yard rushing seasons as a player in 2000-2001. He coached at Wisconsin and Minnesota prior to going to the NFL.Newcomers and freshmen (either redshirt or true) have made 39 starts in 2019, including filling 22 starting spots on offense. Of that group, left tackle Marques Cox has made the most starts with nine, followed by grad transfer quarterback Ross Bowers with eight and junior college wide receiver Tyrice Richie with six. Defensively, grad transfer Marshé Terry has made six starts at either safety or linebacker, while true freshman Nick Rattin, a walk-on, has started five games.With a 34-yard field goal a t Eastern M ichigan, freshman kicker John Richardson has made 13-of-17 attempts on the year with at least one made field goal in all 10 games he has attempted a three-pointer. Included in that number are two game-winners - at Ohio and versus Toledo.

HUSKIE BITES

Head Coach ...................................................... Thomas HammockAlma Mater/Year ............................................................ NIU ‘02

Record at NIU/Years ...........................................4-7/First SeasonCareer Record/Years ...........................................4-7/First SeasonBasic Offense/Defense ..............................................Multiple/4-3First Year of Football ................................................................. 18992018 Record/MAC Record/Finish ........................... 8-6/6-2/1stAll-Time Record .............................................................591-500-51Last Bowl Game ............... 2018 Cheribundi Roca Raton Bowl

...............................................................................UAB 37, NIU 14Bowl Appearances (FBS) ............................................................... 13MAC Championship Appearances, Last ...................... 8, 2018MAC Championships, Last ..................................................5, 2018Letterwinners Returning/Lost ...............................................52/24Starters Returning .... 16 (7 offense, 7 defense, 2 specialists)Starters Lost ................. 10 (5 offense, 4 defense, 1 specialist)

Location ......................................................................DeKalb, IllinoisFounded......................................................................................... 1895Enrollment..................................................................................17,169Affiliation ................................NCAA Football Bowl SubdivisionConference .................................Mid-American (West Division)Colors ...................................................................Cardinal and BlackNickname .................................................................................HuskiesStadium .................................. Brigham Field at Huskie Stadium Surface/Capacity .......................................... FieldTurf /23,595President ...............................................................Dr. Lisa FreemanAssoc. VP/Athletic Director ................................. Sean T. Frazier

Alma Mater, Year .................................................. Alabama ‘92Tickets ............................................................815-753-PACK (7225)

HUSKIE FOOTBALL FACTS

NIU FACTS

Day, Date Opponent (TV) Time (CT)Sat., Aug. 31 ILLINOIS STATE (ESPN+) W, 24-10Sat., Sept. 7 at Utah (Pac-12 Networks) L, 35-17Sat., Sept. 14 at Nebraska (FS1) L, 44-8Sat., Sept. 28 at Vanderbilt (SEC Network) L, 24-18Sat., Oct. 5 BALL STATE* (ESPN3) L, 27-20Sat., Oct. 12 at Ohio* (ESPN+) W, 39-36Sat., Oct. 19 at Miami* (ESPN+) L, 27-24Sat., Oct. 26 AKRON* (ESPN3) W, 49-0Sat., Nov. 2 at Central Michigan* (CBSSN) L, 48-10Wed., Nov. 13 at Toledo* (ESPN2) W, 31-28Tues., Nov. 19 EASTERN MICHIGAN* (ESPN2) L, 45-10Tues., Nov. 26 WESTERN MICHIGAN* (ESPNU) 6 p.m.

*Mid-American Conference Game; All Times Central.

2019 SCHEDULE

NIU Huskies(4-7, 3-4 MAC)Head Coach: Thomas Hammock (4-7, First Season)

12Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019 - 6 PM CT

DeKalb, ILHuskie Stadium (23,595)

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GAME

W. Michigan Broncos(7-4, 5-2 MAC)Head Coach: Tim Lester (20-16, Third Season)

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CAREER RUSHING YARDSName (Years) Carries Yards

12. Stacey Robinson (1988-90) 428 2,72713. Thomas Hammock (1999-2002) 544 2,43214. Tre Harbison (2017-19) 491 2,34531. Joe Plaskas (1956-59) 336 1,33232. Jasmin Hopkins (2010-11) 225 1,32233. Marcus Childers (2017-19) 385 1,31639. Lou Wicks (1980-83) 275 1,09040. Bob Soltis (1956, 1959-60) 211 1,04241. Marcus Jones (2015, 2017-19) 201 1,031

CAREER PASSING YARDSName (Years) Att. Comp. Yards

7. Drew Hare (2013-16) 651 400 4,8628. Marcus Childers (2017-19) 733 428 4,237

CAREER PASS COMPLETIONSName (Years) Att. Yards Comp.

4. Chris Finlen (1997, 1999-2001) 910 6,551 5025. Marcus Childers (2017-19) 733 4,237 428

CAREER TOUCHDOWN PASSESName (Years) Yards TDs

6. Bob Heimerdinger (1948-51) 4,081 387. Drew Hare (2013-16) 4,862 378. Marcus Childers (2017-19) 4,237 36

Ron Christian (1963-65) 2,933 36

CAREER PUNTSName (Years) Yards Avg. Punts

3. Jim Hannula (1977-80) 8,796 38.4 2294. Tom Wittum (1969-71) 9,210 40.4 2285. Matt Ference (2017-19) 9,334 41.1 227

CAREER PUNTING YARDSName (Years) Punts Avg. Yards

2. Kent Baker (1996-99) 257 37.8 9,7243. Matt Ference (2017-19) 227 41.1 9,334

CAREER PUNTING AVERAGEName (Years) Punts Yards Avg.

1. Matt Ference (2017-19) 227 9,334 41.122. Tyler Wedel (2011-14) 115 4,727 41.10

CAREER TOTAL OFFENSE YARDSYards (Years) Rush Pass Total

7. Josh Haldi (2001-04) -66 6,015 5,9498. Marcus Childers (2017-19) 1,316 4,237 5,553

CAREER TOUCHDOWNS RESPONSIBLE FORYards (Years) Scored Pass Total

4. Josh Haldi (2001-04) 6 55 615. Marcus Childers (2017-19) 16 36 52

Chris Finlen (1997, 1999-2001) 10 42 52Garrett Wolfe (2004-06) 52 0 52

— IN THE RECORD BOOKS —

THIS WEEK’S GAME

SERIES HISTORY: Western Michigan holds a 25-19 advantage in the all-time series with NIU, and the series is tied, 11-11, in games played at Huskie Stadium. The Huskies have won eight of the last nine meetings in DeKalb, including the last five. The last victory by the Broncos in Huskie Stadium was Oct. 13, 2007 when Western Michigan posted a 17-13 win over NIU.

THE LAST TIME WE MET: Western Michigan’s Jamari Bogan ran for 62 yards and two touchdowns, scoring the game-winning TD with 1:36 left in the game to give the Broncos a 28-21 win over NIU at Waldo Stadium on Nov. 20, 2018. Trailing 13-7 at half, NIU took a 14-13 lead when Marcus Childers scored on a one-yard run late in the third quarter. The Broncos grabbed a 21-14 lead with 1:28 left in the third and were poised to extend it later in the quarter before Sutton Smith returned a fumble 85 yards for a touchdown to tie the game 21-21.

MIDWEEK MACTION: NIU is 22-6 in league games played on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays since 2010, including a 12-4 mark in MACtion home games. Western Michigan is NIU’s second-most faced opponent in MACtion contests, behind Toledo, with four meetings. The Huskies are 3-1 versus the Broncos in the previous four games.

MACTION THREE-PEAT: Tuesday night’s regular season finale with Western Michigan is the last of three consecutive MACtion games for the Huskies this season. NIU defeated Toledo, 31-28, on Wednesday, Nov. 13 and suffered a 45-17 defeat to Eastern Michigan last Tuesday. NIU has played at least three MACtion games each year since 2013, including four in 2015 and 2017.

CONFERENCE CALL

NIU VS. MAC WEST: Since the MAC went to divisional play in 1997, NIU is 73-44 versus teams from the MAC West, including a 37-12 mark in the division since 2010. The Huskies, who were 4-1 against divisional foes last season, suffered a 27-20

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SENIOR SALUTEEighteen NIU players will take the field at Huskie Stadium for the final time when the Huskies play host to Western Michigan Tuesday night. The senior class enters Tuesday’s game with 25 career wins over the last four years, two bowl appearances and winners of the 2018 MAC Championship Game. The group includes 11 defenders and seven offensive players.

NAME POS ARRIVED GP/GS HIGHLIGHTSAdam Buirge S 2015 47/1 TD on punt block, 52 tackles, 2 TLsTrayshon Foster S 2016 47/23 TD on FR, 2 INTs, 150 tackles, 5.5 TFLsAndrew Gregory LB 2016 16/- Special teams contributor, 10 tacklesEzekiel Gueths OL 2016 3/- Top contributor in community serviceMarcus Jones TB 2015 51/8 1,031 career rushing yds, 9 TDsAntonio Jones-Davis LB 2015 41/20 234 tackles, 24 TFLs, 9 sacks, 1 INTMarcus Kelly DE 2015 34/2 29 tackles, career-high 3 TFLs in 2019Ben LeRoy DT 2016 43/23 Caught first career TD at EMUTrequan Smith S 2015 30/9 Grad transfer, special teams Andrew Starr OL 2019 11/2 Grad transfer, key contributor in rotationJordan Steckler OL 2015 46/42 Anchor on rightside, William V.

Campbell Trophy SemifinalistA.J. Taylor DL 2016 2/- Key contributor on practice squadSpencer Tears WR 2015 47/30 1,318 receiving yards ranks 23rd at NIUMarshé Terry LB 2019 11/6 Grad transfer, Leads MAC in FR with 3 Anthony Thompson QB 2016 5/- 10 career rushing yds, 6 in BYU winNate Veloz OL 2015 40/25 Key reserve, made two starts in 2019Mykelti Williams S 2017 38/37 Leading tackler, 82 stops, 3 career INTsQuintin Wynne DE 2015 44/10 Career 64 tackles, 14.5 TFLs, 6 sacks


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setback to Ball State (Oct. 5) in this season’s MAC opener and fell at Central Michigan on Nov. 2. NIU earned a 31-28 win at Toledo (Nov. 13), while Eastern Michigan defeated the Huskies last week.

HUSKIES IN THE MAC: Following a 45-17 setback to Eastern Michigan, NIU fell to 155-105-2 all-time in MAC play and 119-60 (.665) in league action since 1997. Since2010, NIU is 64-15 against MAC foes and has recorded three undefeated campaignsand two one-loss seasons, winning six-straight division championships and sevenoverall during that stretch. The Huskies are in their 34th season as a member of theMid-American Conference in 2019-20, including an initial stint in the league from1975-85.

LEADER OF THE MAC: With 90 wins since 2010 and a .672 winning percentage, NIU is the winningest football program in the MAC this decade. The Huskies have made seven trips to the conference championship game in the last nine years, winning the league crown four times. Add eight bowl games to the list, and the Huskies have played 131 games since 2010, seven more than their nearest competitor, Toledo, which has played 124.

MAC Schools Since 2010W-L

NIU 90-44Toledo 85-42Ohio 79-50Western Michigan 67-58Bowling Green 58-71Central Michigan 55-69Ball State 51-69Buffalo 51-70Miami 47-75Kent State 41-78Eastern Michigan 40-81Akron 37-85

RECAPPING LAST GAME

TIGHT ENDZONE: A week after scoring his first career touchdown, NIU tight end Daniel Crawford scored on a nine-yard pass from Marcus Childers in the fourth quarter against Eastern Michigan last week. His first career touchdown came on his 39th career reception when Ross Bowers hit him on a 36-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter in NIU’s victory at Toledo (Nov. 13). It was the fifth receiving TD by a Huskie tight end this season with Mitchell Brinkman (2) and Corey Lersch (1) recording the other three.

NOSE FOR THE ENDZONE: Marcus Childers scored his fifth rushing touchdown of the season and 16th of his career when he reached the endzone on an eight-yard touchdown run in the second quarter against Eastern Michigan. Childers has five rushing TDs on the season, scoring a pair at Miami (Oct. 19) and at Toledo (Nov. 13). The native of Adairsville, Ga. rushed for a career-best six touchdowns last year.

MILLENIAL: Tre Harbison became the first Huskie in six years to record back-to-back 1,000-yard rushing seasons when he tallied 112 yards against Eastern Michigan to give the Huskie junior 1,021 yards on the season. He is the first Huskie running back to rush for 1,000 yards in back-to-back seasons since Chad Spann (2009 & 2010). The native of Shelby, N.C. ranks 14th on NIU’s all-time list with 2,345 career rushing yards and needs 88 yards to surpass NIU head coach Thomas Hammock for 13th on the list.

HAMMOCK HOMECOMING

YOUTH IS SERVED: At 38 years old, Thomas Hammock is the eighth youngest head coach in FBS in 2019. He is a little over two months younger than Akron’s Tom Arth, while Kent State’s Sean Lewis is the youngest at 33 years of age.

TV: NIU-WESTERN MICHIGAN ON ESPNU• The Huskies’ match-up versus Western Michigan will air

on ESPNU.• NIU will appear on an over-the-air network for the sev-

enth time this season, on ESPN2 or ESPNU for the thirdstraight week, and plays on ESPNU for the first time.

• The Huskies make their 21st all-time appearance onESPNU and have an 11-9 record in games broadcast onthat network all-time.

• Dave Lamont will handle the play-by-play call withDustin Fox alongside as color analyst.

RADIO: HUSKIE SPORTS NETWORK• The Huskie Sports Network broadcast for the Eastern

Michigan game begins at 5:30 p.m. CT, 30 minutesbefore kickoff.

• The game will be carried on NIU network affiliatesWLBK AM 1360/FM 98.9 (DeKalb), AM 560 The Answer(Chicago) and Sports Fan Radio AM 1330 (Rockford).

• Hear the broadcast online via NIUTube (subscription),and on mobile devices via TuneIn. Download the appfor free and find the NIU Huskies channel.

• Bill Baker is closing out his 40th season as the radioplay-by-play “Voice of the Huskies.” Color analyst MarkLindo has been alongside for 34 years, while Andy Gar-cia is in his seventh season on the NIU sidelines.

INSIDE HUSKIE FOOTBALL RADIO SHOW• The final Inside Huskie Football Radio Show of 2019

will be held Monday, November 25th at Noon at Fatty’sPub & Grille in DeKalb (1312 W. Lincoln Highway).

• Listen live with the TuneIn app. Hear the show Mondayat 7 p.m. on WLBK AM 1360/FM 98.9 in DeKalb, 8 p.m.Monday on 560 AM The Answer in Chicago and Tues-day at 7 p.m. on SportsFan Radio 1330 AM in Rockford.

• Host Bill Baker welcomes NIU Head Coach ThomasHammock, Huskie players and special guests, includingNIU head coaches.

NIU WEEKLY RADIO SHOW• Andy Garcia and NIU Director of Athletics Sean T.

Frazier host the 30-minute show with interviews withcoach Thomas Hammock, other NIU coaches andguests.

• Airs Friday at 10 p.m. CT in Chicago on AM 560 TheAnswer, Saturday at 8:30 a.m. on WLBK AM 1360/FM98.9 in DeKalb and on Sports Fan Radio 1330 in Rock-ford at 6:30 a.m. Also available on-demand on NIUTube(subscription).

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2019 NIU FOOTBALLHAIL ALMA MATER: In addition to being the school’s first African-American head coach, Thomas Hammock is the first NIU graduate to lead his alma mater’s football team as an FBS program, and the first overall since Howard Fletcher led the Huskies from 1956-68. Fletcher ranks second on NIU’s all-time wins list with a .606 winning percentage after posting a 74-68-1 record in 13 seasons.

HAMMOCK’S HUSKIE PLAYING CAREER: A four-year letterwinner at NIU, Thomas Hammock was a tailback for the Huskies from 1999-2002. Hammock gained 2,423 yards rushing in 32 games in his NIU career, which still ranks 13th all-time in Huskie history. He earned first team All-MAC honors in 2000 and 2001 after back-to-back 1,000-yard campaigns. He was sidelined after the first game of his senior season with a heart condition.

HUSKIE CONNECTIONS: NIU starting linebacker Nick Rattin, a Fremd High School product, is at NIU thanks to a connection from head coach Thomas Hammock’s Huskie playing days. Fremd High School football coach Lou Sponsel lettered at NIU from 1997-98 and was the fullback for Hammock during their playing days. Sponsel recommended Rattin, who walked on to the NIU program in June, to Hammock when the latter was named NIU head coach.

FOR THE DEFENSE

NEXT MAN UP: NIU has always had a “Next Man Up” mentality and 2019 is no exception as the Huskies lost their three starters at NIU’s deepest position, linebacker, by game six of the season. Lance Deveaux, who tallied 67 stops in 2018 was lost to injury before the season, while Kyle Pugh, who has 150 career tackles to his credit, was lost during the Utah (Sept. 7) game in week two. Antonio Jones Davis, who has 234 career tackles in 41 games, suffered a season-ending injury at Ohio. NIU has had two former walk-ons, Nick Rattin and Vinny Labus, and graduate transfer Marshé Terry starting in their stead, along with sophomore Jordan Cole.

DOUBLING UP ON TACKLES: Mykelti Williams, who entered the season with one double-digit tackle game in his career (10 at Nebraska on Sept. 16, 2017), posted his fourth of the year when he amassed 10 stops at Toledo. He recorded a career-best 14 tackles in the victory at Ohio (Oct. 12), had 10 stops at Miami (Oct. 19) and 12 at Central Michigan (Nov. 2). Williams leads the team with 82 tackles on the year and has 230 in his Huskie career.

DOUBLE-DIGIT TRIO: Three Huskie defenders tallied double-digit tackle efforts for the second consecutive game at Toledo, as Dillon Thomas, Vinny Labus and Mykelti Williams recorded 12, 11 and 10 stops, respectively. The 12 and 11 tackles for Thomas and Labus were career bests, while Williams’ 10 stops was the fourth double-digit tally for the Huskie senior this year. Williams, Labus and Nick Rattin each tallied double-digit tackle efforts as the trio amassed 12, 10 and 10 stops, respectively, at Central Michigan (Nov. 2).

Wide receiver Christian Blake became the sixth Huskie to see action in a regular season NFL game this season when he was promoted to the active roster by the Atlanta Falcons and earned his first snaps on October 27th. Rashaan Melvin is in his seventh year as a pro, while Max Scharping is starting at guard for the Houston Texans as a rookie. NIU two-time All-American Sutton Smith has been on and off the Steelers’ practice squad throughout the season. Three more NIU products were active in the Canadian Football League this year.

National Football League Minnesota Vikings ...........................................................................Chad Beebe (WR) - IRAtlanta Falcons .................................................................................... Christian Blake (WR)Detroit Lions ........................................................................................Kenny Golladay (WR)Detroit Lions .........................................................................................Rashaan Melvin (CB)Houston Texans.....................................................................................Max Scharping (OL)San Francisco 49ers ....................................................................................Jimmie Ward (S)

Canadian Football League Calgary Stampeders .....................................................Juwan Brescacin (WR) - INJ ListCalgary Stampeders ........................................................................ Courtney Stephen (S)Toronto Argonauts...................................................................................... Ken Bishop (DT)

HUSKIES IN THE PROS

Huskies Category Broncos23.4 Points/G 36.031 (15-12) TDs (Rush-Pass) 54 (33-20) 212 (83-113) First Downs (Rush-Pass) 254 (119-114) 368.5 Total Yards/G 467.2139.6 Rush Yards/G 217.2 228.9 Pass Yards/G 250.0 17 Turnovers Lost 11 32:37 Time of Possession/G 31:00 34% (56-164) 3rd Down Conversions 48% (77-159)52% (11-21) 4th Down Conversions 57% (13-23)38.5 Net Punting Avg. 35.6 11.8 Kickoff Return Avg. 24.7 5.8 Punt Return Avg. 4.5 58-45.4 Penalties-Yards/G 73-60.990% (27-30) Red Zone Scores (39-48) 81% 60% (18-30) Red Zone TDs (31-48) 65% 29.5 Points Allowed/G 27.0 41 (23-18) TDs Allowed (Rush-Pass) 36 (18-17) 208 (94-95) First Downs Allowed (Rush-Pass) 256 (104-132) 390.0 Total Yards/G Allowed 429.5 179.3 Rush Yards/G Allowed 189.2 210.7 Pass Yards/G Allowed 240.435% (49-140) 3rd Down Conv. Allowed 44% (68-155)40% (6-15) 4th Down Conv. Allowed 35% (6-17)11 Turnovers Gained 18

2019 TEAM STATS COMPARISON

BY THE NUMBERS2 Game-winning field goals by kicker John Richardson

this year (vs. Ohio, Toledo)5 Catches needed by Daniel Crawford to break the

NIU season record for receiving yards by a tight end17 Huskie seniors who will be honored during pregame

ceremonies Tuesday 33 Number of newcomers (freshmen, redshirt freshmen,

transfers) who have seen action in 2019 41.119 Career punting average for NIU junior Matt Ference,

currently first all-time at NIU by .01542 Consecutive starts by NIU offensive lineman Jordan

Steckler (in games he has played)37 Yards needed by Mitchell Brinkman to break the NIU

season record for receiving yards buy a tight end90 Red Zone Offense percentage for the Huskies to rank

tied for 27th nationally, 2nd in the MAC151 Consecutive PATs converted by three different

Huskie kickers dating back to Sept. 3, 2016230 Career tackles for senior safety Mykelti Williams551 Collective number of games played by NIU’s 17

seniors during their Huskie careers 2,432 Career rushing yards for Thomas Hammock (1999-

2002) to rank 13th at NIU

WEEKLY TEAM CAPTAINSIllinois State Pugh Ference Williams StecklerUtah Bowers Pugh Heflin TerryNebraska Richardson Jones Foster BrinkmanVanderbilt Kelly Starr BuirgeBall State Veloz Wynne StarksOhio Jones-Davis Heflin Crawford Miami Brinkman Heflin CrawfordAkron Williams Heflin StecklerCMU Williams Heflin StecklerToledo Williams Rattin Brinkman TearsEMU Childers Kramer PattonWMU


2019 NIU FOOTBALLSACKS IN TWOS: The NIU defense recorded its fifth multi-sack game this season when Jack Heflin and Quintin Wynne each tallied a sack at Toledo. Michael Kennedy and Matt Lorbeck each recorded a sack against Akron for their first sacks of the season and the Huskies recorded a pair of sacks at Ohio (Oct. 12), with Antonio Jones-Davis and Vinny Labus, each collecting one. NIU tallied two more, one each by Heflin and Jones-Davis, against Ball State (Oct. 5). Senior Marcus Kelly and freshman Cam Mattox each recorded their first career sacks Vanderbilt. Eight different players have accounted for NIU’s 10 sacks on the year.

PLAYING LIKE A HUSKIE: Freshman walk-on linebacker Nick Rattin, who was thrust into the starting role in game seven following an injury to Antonio Jones-Davis, has tallied 32 tackles on the season, including a career-high 10 at Central Michigan. He recorded his first career interception and returned it for a touchdown, also a career first, against Akron (Oct. 26). Rattin began his Huskie career playing primarily on special teams in NIU’s first six games of the season.

THREE OF A KIND: NIU linebacker Marshé Terry and defensive tackle Jack Heflin lead the MAC in fumble recoveries and forced fumbles, respectively. Terry has recovered three fumbles on the season, most recently at Toledo, while Heflin has forced three fumbles this year including a fumble in the Toledo game.

ON THE OFFENSIVE

WELCOME BACK: Tight end Daniel Crawford, who missed the entire 2018 season recovering from a knee injury suffered in the spring, ranks second on the team in receiving with 35 catches for 432 yards. He had five grabs versus Nebraska, Ball State and Ohio, and a career-high 85 yards against the Bobcats. Crawford entered the season with seven career receptions for 65 yards.

RACE TO THE RECORD: With 432 receiving yards on 35 receptions, Daniel Crawford is 44 yards away from breaking the school record for receiving yards by a tight end (475 by Reggie Sims in 1984) and needs five catches to surpass Sims’ mark for receptions by a tight end in a season. Sims amassed 39 receptions in 1984. Fellow tight end Mitchell Brinkman is 38 yards from Sims’ receiving yards record and seven catches from the reception record.

EXCLUSIVE COMPANY: NIU tight end Mitchell Brinkman caught five passes for 100 yards in NIU’s 39-36 win over Ohio to become just the sixth tight end in school history to have a 100-yard receiving game. He set new career highs for both catches (5) and yards (100) in the contest. Brinkman’s career-long 48-yard catch and run in the fourth quarter set up the Huskies’ final touchdown of the game as it put NIU on the Ohio three-yard line. One play later, NIU scored to go ahead 36-29. On the season, Brinkman has 26 catches for 360 yards for a 13.8 yards per catch average.

HARBISON’S HUNDRED: Tailback Tre Harbison earned his fifth 100-yard rushing game of the season and 10th of his career when he ran for 112 yards on 30 carries against Eastern Michigan. Harbison amassed a season-high 168 yards at Toledo and 158 against Akron (Oct. 26). He tallied 113 yards on 25 carries at Ohio (Oct. 12), while his first 100-yard effort of season came against Ball State (Oct. 5) when he rushed for 146 yards on 22 carries. Harbison’s career best is 169 yards rushing at Akron (Nov. 1) last year. The Huskie junior ranks sixth in the league in rushing, averaging 92.8 yards a game with 1,021 total yards on the season.

SACKED OUT: At Toledo, the NIU offensive line, which featured a first-time starter at right guard, freshman Logan Zschernitz, and a new center after Brayden Patton moved from right guard, as well as the second

start of 2019 by senior Nathan Veloz at left guard, did not allow a sack for the first time this season. Prior to the Nov. 13 game, the last time a Huskie offensive line did not allow a sack was Sept. 29, 2018 at Eastern Michigan.

MARCUS’ MILESTONE: With a one-yard run in the first quarter at Central Michigan, tailback Marcus Jones became the 42nd Huskie to rush for 1,000 career yards. The carry gave the Huskie senior exactly 1,000 yards rushing for his career. Jones, who how has 1,031 career rushing yards on 201 carries, joins teammates Tre Harbison (2,065) and Marcus Childers (1,167) as active players with 1,000 career yards rushing at NIU.

RARE AIR: After adding 12 completions and two touchdowns, one rushing and one passing to his career totals last week, Marcus Childers moved up to fifth all-time at NIU in pass completions and touchdowns responsible for. The Huskie junior has 4,237 yards on 428-of-733 passing and his name can be found on several other career lists at NIU.

All-Time Plays 1,118 5thPass Completions 428 5thTotal Offense Yards 5,553 8thTouchdowns Responsible For 52 5thTouchdown Passes 36 8th

RARE ACCOMPLISHMENT: The Huskies’ 300-yard passing game from Ross Bowers, 100-yard rushing effort by Tre Harbison and 100-yard receiving performances from both Cole Tucker and Mitchell Brinkman at Ohio marked just the second time in school history NIU had two 100-yard receivers, a 100-yard rusher and a 300-yard passer in a game. The only other time the Huskies recorded this achievement was Oct. 23, 2004 when Josh Haldi threw for 333 yards, Garrett Wolfe rushed for 185, and wide receiver Dan Sheldon and tight end Brad Cieslak amassed 213 and 111 yards receiving, respectively, in a victory over Western Michigan.

HUSKIE HEADLINERS

WALK THIS WAY: Of the 86 Huskies to see action so far in 2019, 14 are walk-ons or former walk-ons. Five of those 14 – Jack Heflin, Vinny Labus, Josh Earl, Jalen McKie and Nick Rattin – have made starts for the Huskies on defense this year. Special teamers Erik Abrell (LS) and Matt Ference (P) are also former walk-on starters for NIU. Heflin has started 29 of38 games during his Huskie career, while Rattin, who walked-on to theteam this year, has started the last five games at linebacker.

HUSKIE HARDWARE: Defensive tackle Jack Heflin became the fifth Huskie to earn a MAC West Player of the Week honors when he collected the Defensive Player of the Week award for the West Division following his performance at Toledo. Heflin had five tackles, a quarterback sack, a tackle for loss and a forced fumble versus the Rockets. Kicker John Richardson became NIU’s first repeat player of the week when he earned MAC West Special Teams Player of the Week accolades after kicking the game-winning field goal against the Rockets. Richardson earned the same honor after kicking the game winning field goal at Ohio.

2019 MAC West Players of the WeekName Pos. Award WeekJalen McKie CB Defense Illinois St. (Aug. 31)Tre Harbison TB Offense Ohio (Oct. 12)John Richardson K Special Teams Ohio (Oct. 12)

Toledo (Nov. 13)Matt Ference P Special Teams CMU (Nov. 2)Jack Heflin DT Defense Toledo (Nov. 13)


2019 NIU FOOTBALLTUCKERED OUT: Wide receiver Cole Tucker upped his team-leading receiving totals to 531 yards and 38 catches with an 11-yard reception against Eastern Michigan. The Huskie sophomore leads NIU, averaging 48.3 yards a game and has had a reception in 10 of NIU’s 11 contests this season, including a career-high eight catches at Ohio. Tucker, a DeKalb native, has six catches of 20 yards or more for his career, with all of those recorded in 2019.

YOUTH MOVEMENT: NIU has played as many freshmen and redshirt freshmen, 29, as it did in 2018. Of those 29, nine appear on the Huskies two deep. Five freshmen have started at least one game for the Huskies this season, with Logan Zschernitz joining Joshua Earl, Mark Aitken, Marques Cox and Nick Rattin on that list in the last two games. Of that group, Zschernitz, Aitken and Rattin are true freshmen. Cox has started nine games for the Huskies at left tackle in 2019, while Rattin has started the last five contests at linebacker.

TACKLING THE BOOKS: NIU senior offensive lineman Jordan Steckler was a semifinalist for the prestigious William V. Campbell Trophy for 2019. Considered the academic Heisman, the William V. Campbell Trophy annually recognizes the top football scholar-athlete in the nation and is selected from across every division of college football. Steckler, a three-time Academic All-MAC honoree, is a management major with an emphasis on leadership who carries a 3.62 GPA. Current Houston Texans offensive lineman Max Scharping was a finalist for the award last year.

SPECIAL FORCES

KICKING THE WIN: Kicker John Richardson drilled his second game-winning field goal of the season when he connected on a 25-yard attempt at Toledo (Nov. 13) to give NIU a 31-28 lead with 41 seconds to play. Richardson’s first career game-winning kick came at Ohio (Oct. 12) when he hit a 37-yarder as time expired.

JUST FOR KICKS: Redshirt freshman John Richardson, who has made at least one field goal in 10 of NIU’s 11 games this season, improved to 13-for-17 on field goal attempts after connecting on a 34-yarder againstEastern Michigan. Andrew Gantz made 13-of-18 field goals for NIU lastyear. Of Richardson’s 17 attempts, 10 have come from 36 yards andbeyond. He is 10 of 11 from inside 40 yards this season. Richardson hita career-best 51-yard field goal against Ohio (Oct. 12) before making a37-yarder as time expired for the win. He is two-for-four on field goals of45 yards or longer with misses coming from 49 and 50 yards.

CLIMBING THE CHARTS: Punter Matt Ference ranks fifth at NIU all-time in career punts (227) and is three punts shy of moving past Jim Hannula (1977-80) for third place. Kent Baker (1996-99) holds the school record with 257 career punts. The Huskie junior is third in punting yards (9,334), 391 yards away from passing Baker for second. His career punting average of 41.12 is ahead of Tyler Wedel (2011-14), who finished his career with a 41.10 average.

KICKING THE STREAK ALIVE: John Richardson extended NIU’s streak of consecutive PATs to 151 when he hit a pair of PATs versus Eastern Michigan. The streak began Sept. 6, 2016 when Christian Hagan hit his last three extra points in the season opener at Wyoming. NIU’s streak is currently the fourth-longest streak in the nation, behind third-place Utah State, with 162 and current NCAA leader Georgia (278). Ohio State sits at No. 2 with 223 with those schools yet to play games on Saturday.

FOUR THE BLOCK: The Huskies, who have four blocked kicks on the season, lead the league and are ranked fourth in the nation in blocked kicks. NIU set a new record for blocked placekicks in a game with three at Nebraska on Sept. 14. In that game, Antonio Jones-Davis and Jalen McKie each blocked a field goal and McKie added a blocked extra point

attempt. The last time the Huskies blocked three kicks in a game was Dec. 19, 2006 when NIU blocked two TCU punts and an extra point in the 2006 Poinsettia Bowl.

TWICE AS NICE: Huskie cornerback Jalen McKie recorded a pair of blocks in NIU’s setback at Nebraska, blocking an extra point attempt and field goal. It was the first blocked PAT by a Huskie since Ben LeRoy’s block at Akron (Nov. 1) last season. NIU’s last blocked field goal was by Jack Heflin against Utah (Sept. 8) last year. McKie is the first Huskie to block two kicks in the same season since Ben Compton, who blocked a PAT at Buffalo (Nov. 11) and a field goal against Ohio (Nov. 24) in 2015.

BLOCK PARTY: NIU blocked its first punt of the season, and eighth in the last three years, when Corey Lersch blocked Michael Farkas’ first punt of the game at Ohio (Oct. 12). Adam Buirge ran it in for the Huskies’ first touchdown of the game. NIU blocked a punt for a touchdown last year when Sutton Smith blocked a Toledo punt and ran it 27 yards for a touchdowns.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

TEARS FOR 1,000: Spencer Tears has climbed to 23rd on NIU’s all-time list for receiving yards with 1,318 yards on 106 receptions in 48 games played in his Huskie career. He is the Huskies’ first 1,000-yard receiver since current Detroit Lions receiver Kenny Golladay (2015-16). Tears is 20 yards away from passing Carl Aikens (1981-84) for 22nd on the list.

HIGHS AND LOWS: NIU’s 49-0 victory over Akron was the Huskie defense’s first shutout of an opponent since a 63-0 win over UMass on Nov. 3, 2013, a span of 92 games. The Huskies’ 49 points were a season high and the most points scored by NIU since a 63-17 victory over Ball State on Nov. 9, 2017, 24 games ago.

DEGREES IN HAND: Nine players on the 2019 NIU roster are college graduates. Five have earned their degrees from NIU, while three came to DeKalb as graduate transfers.

Ross Bowers QB American Studies CalAdam Buirge S Leadership and Management NIUDaniel Crawford TE Enterprise Software NIUTrayshon Foster S Organizational & Corporate Comm. NIUMarcus Jones TB General Studies NIUAntonio Jones-Davis LB Communications NIUAndrew Starr OL English Sacred HeartMarshé Terry S Communications ConnecticutQuintin Wynne DE Biological Sciences NIU


2019 NIU FOOTBALL

Thomas Hammock, a former Huskie player and assistant coach, returned home to Northern Illinois University as the 23rd head coach in the history of NIU football on Jan. 18, 2019. One of the top football student-athletes in school history, Hammock returned to DeKalb after five seasons (2014-18) as an assistant coach with the Baltimore Ravens.

He is the first African-American head coach in NIU football history, but perhaps even more importantly, he is the first alumnus to lead the Huskies as a Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) program.

To achieve his dream, Hammock put in the work, beginning with two seasons at Wisconsin as a graduate assistant, followed by two seasons as an assistant at NIU under Huskie Hall of Famer Joe Novak (2005-06). Hammock then served stints as a college assistant coach at Minnesota and Wisconsin before joining the Baltimore Ravens organization in 2014.

In five seasons as the running backs coach with the Ravens, Hammock helped Baltimore’s rushing attack finish in the top 11 in the NFL three times, including in 2018 when the Ravens had the second-best rushing offense in the league, averaging 152.6 yards per game. The Ravens made the playoffs twice in Hammock’s time in Baltimore.

Hammock helped mentor running back Justin Forsett to his first career Pro Bowl in 2014 as he rushed for a career-high 1,266 yards, fifth-most in the NFL. Baltimore fullback Kyle Juszczyk was selected to the Pro Bowl for the first time in 2016 after he led the NFL in catches (37) and receiving yards (266) by a fullback.

Prior to his five seasons in Baltimore, Hammock spent three years at the University of Wisconsin, where he was the running backs coach and assistant head coach. In 2011, Hammock’s first season in Madison, the Badgers ranked 11th nationally in rushing, averaging 235.6 yards per game. He helped Montee Ball lead the nation in rushing yards (1,923) and break Barry Sanders’ single-season NCAA touchdown record with 39 scores, including 33 rushing. Ball was a consensus first team All-American and a Heisman Trophy finalist for the Badgers, who finished 11-3 and played in the Rose Bowl.

The following season, Wisconsin once again ranked among the nation’s elite rushing teams and Ball became the NCAA’s all-time leader in rushing touchdowns with 77 and won the Doak Walker Award as the nation’s top running back, as he gained 1,830 rushing yards to lead Wisconsin back to the Rose Bowl.

The former Huskie running back returned to DeKalb as an assistant coach for head coach Joe Novak for two seasons in 2005-06. In Hammock’s first season, NIU Hall of Famer Garrett Wolfe rushed for 1,580 yards and 16 touchdowns in just nine games as NIU won the MAC West Division and appeared in the MAC Championship Game for the first time.

During the 2006 campaign, Wolfe rushed for an NCAA-best 1,928 yards as the Huskies reached the Poinsettia Bowl. Hammock helped Wolfe earn All-America and first team All-MAC honors in both 2005 and 2006. Wolfe was also the Vern Smith Leadership Award winner as the MAC’s Most Valuable Player in 2006.

Following his two seasons with the Huskies, Hammock spent four years as the running backs coach at the University of Minnesota (2007-10), helping the Golden Gophers to the Insight Bowl in both 2008 and 2009. Hammock was named the co-offensive coordinator at Minnesota for the 2010 season and the Gophers moved up 26 spots nationally in rushing and 34 spots in total offense.

Hammock earned his bachelor’s degree in marketing from NIU in December 2002, and a master’s in educational leadership and policy analysis from Wisconsin in 2004. He and his wife, Cheynnitha, also a NIU alum, have a daughter, Tierra, and a son, Thomas Douglas.

NIU Head Coach Thomas HammockCAREER GAMES PLAYED/STARTEDName, Pos. Class GP GSErik Abrell, LS So.-R 22 -*Mark Aitken, CB Fr. 1 1Joseph Bonds, LB Fr.-R 8 -*Brett Bostad, FB Fr.-R 10 -*Ross Bowers, QB Sr.-R 9 8Mitchell Brinkman, TE Jr.-R 36 18Adam Buirge, S Sr.-R 47 1Marcus Childers, QB Jr.-R 34 25Jordan Cole, LB So.-R 23 8*Marques Cox, OT Fr.-R 11 9Daniel Crawford, TE Sr.-R 35 10Jawon Denton, DE So.-R 11 -Lance Deveaux Jr., LB Sr. 33 15*Joshua Earl, S Fr.-R 7 1*Leif Engstrand, OT Fr. 1 -*James Ester, DT Fr. 3 -Matt Ference, P Jr. 38 -Trayshon Foster, S Sr.-R 47 23Rayshawn Gay, LB So.-R 14 -Ryan Gibbons, WR Jr.-R 3 -*Romel Goston, CB Fr. 2 -Andrew Gregory, LB Jr.-R 16 -*Rondarius Gregory, RB Fr. 2 -*Jeffrey Griffin Jr., DT Fr.-R 9 -Ezekiel Gueths, OL Jr.-R 3 -Rodney Hall, WR So.-R 4 -Devin Haney, CB So. 22 7Tre Harbison, RB Jr.-R 35 20Nathan Harman, LB Fr.-R 12 -J.D. Harris, CB Fr.-R 4 -Jack Heflin, DT Jr.-R 37 28Cortez Hogans, LB So. 16 -Marcus Jones, TB Sr.-R 51 8Antonio Jones-Davis, LB Sr.-R 41 20Marcus Kelly, DT Sr.-R 34 2Michael Kennedy, DE So.-R 19 -Weston Kramer, DT Jr. 38 23Vinny Labus, LB So.-R 25 9Ben LeRoy, DT Sr. 43 23Corey Lersch, TE Jr.-R 24 5Matt Lorbeck, DE Jr. 37 14*Michael Love, WR Fr. 11 -Zhamaine March, CB So. 20 -*Cam Mattox, DE Fr. 7 -*Fabian McCray, WR Fr. 2 -Jalen McKie, CB So.-R 25 13*Jyran Mitchell, WR Fr.-R 4 -Jordan Nettles, TB So.-R 24 -*Shaquan Oliver, FB Sr.-R 5 -Benn Olson, OL Jr.-R 22 9Kewan Parker, LB Fr.-R 10 -Brayden Patton, OL Jr.-R 28 18Leon Payne, WR Fr.-R 4 1Christopher Perez Jr., OG Sr. 20 20*Nolan Potter, OT Fr.-R 11 -Kyle Pugh, LB Sr.-R 29 19*Nick Rattin, LB Fr. 11 5John Richardson, K Fr.-R 14 -*Tyrice Richie, WR Jr. 11 7*Walter Riley, LB Fr. 3 -Dennis Robinson, WR So.-R 25 6Trequan Smith, S Sr.-R 30 9Liam Soraghan, TE So.-R 12 -*Jeron Starks, FB Fr.-R 6 -*Andrew Starr, OT Sr.-R 11 2Jordan Steckler, OL Sr.-R 46 42A.J. Taylor, DT Sr.-R 2 -*Demond Taylor, DT Fr. 4 -Spencer Tears, WR Sr.-R 47 30*Marshé Terry, S Sr.-R 11 6*Tristen Tewes, LB Fr. 3 -Dillon Thomas, S So.-R 25 2Anthony Thompson, QB Jr.-R 5 -Maximillian Thrower, TE Jr.-R 7 -*Mohamed Toure, WR Fr. 3 -*Messiah Travis, WR Fr. 4 -*Tom Trieb, DE Fr. 1 -Cole Tucker, WR So.-R 25 14*Rahveon Valentine, TB Fr.-R 8 -Nathan Veloz, OG Sr.-R 40 25Antwain Walker, CB So. 15 3Austin Warner, OL Jr.-R 28 -Cole Webster, OL So.-R 1 -Mykelti Williams, S Sr.-R 38 37Caleb Wright, DL Fr.-R 1 -Quintin Wynne, DE Sr.-R 44 10*Logan Zschernitz, OG Fr. 4 2

2019 HUSKIE COACHING STAFFAssoc. HC/Def. Coord./Safeties ..........Derrick Jackson ........................ Coaches’ BoothOffensive Coord./Quarterbacks ........... Eric Eidsness ........................... Coaches’ BoothDef. Line Recruiting Coord. ..................... Jordan Gigli ............................ Coaches’ BoothExec. Asst./Co-Def. Coord./LB ..........Robert Wimberly ............................................. FieldTight Ends/Fullbacks ............................. Tony Sorrentino .............................................. FieldOffensive Line ............................................Daryl Agpalsa ................................................ FieldRunning Backs/Special Teams .................Atif Austin ................................................... FieldWide Receivers. ........................................Houston Jones ............................................... FieldDefensive Ends ........................................... Travis Moore ................................................. FieldCornerbacks ............................................... Aaron Wilkins ................................................ FieldDir. of Sports Performance .....................Ryan Napoli .................................................. Field


2019 NIU FOOTBALL

THE LAST MEETINGNIU 21, Western Michigan 28

Nov. 20, 2018 Kalamazoo, Michigan | Waldo Stadium | 18,278

Team & Individual Statistics

SCORING BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 TotalNIU 7 0 14 0 - 21Western Michigan 7 6 8 7 - 28

SCORING SUMMARYWMU - Bogan 2 run (Peddie kick), 1st 12:01 (8-75, 2:59) NIU - Tears 58 pass from Childers (Gantz kick), 1st 5:05 (6-80, 2:15) WMU - Peddie 45 FG, 2nd 10:16 (9-44, 3:56)WMU- Peddie 42 FG, 2nd 4:52 (9-28, 4:06) NIU - Childers 1 run (Gantz kick), 3rd 9:44 (16-82, 5:16)WMU - Eleby 2 run (Reed pass from Eleby), 3rd 1:28 (9-87, 3:53)NIU - Smith 85 fumble return, 3rd 00:28 WMU - Bogan 1 run (Peddie kick), 4th 1:36 (14-83, 5:56)

Western Michigan’s Jamauri Bogan scored on a one-yard run with 1:36 to play to give the Broncos a 28-21 victory over the NIU Huskies Tuesday night.

Bogan’s run came at the end of a 14-play, 83-yard drive that was extended by a targeting call on the Huskies’ Josh Corcoran, who appeared to sack WMU quarterback Kaleb Eleby, and would have had the Broncos facing third-and-24 from its own 31-yard line. Instead, WMU had a first down at the NIU 46 and was able to move all the way to the NIU one, where Bogan went in for the score.

WMU’s touchdown broke a 21-21 tie that came about on Sutton Smith’s 85-yard fumble return touchdown. After NIU quarterback Marcus Childers was picked off at the NIU 30-yard line with WMU leading 21-14 late in the third quarter, the Broncos drove to the Huskie 15-yard line, before Smith picked up a fumble and sprinted 85 yards to the end zone forthe game-tying touchdown.

Smith, who accounted for four of the Huskies’ six quarterback sacks, had five tackles for loss among his seven solo stops.

While the Huskies held their seventh opponent to less than 100 yards rushing as a team, WMU hurt NIU with the pass as Eleby completed 19-of-35 passes for 285 yards, and the Broncos held the ball for 35:03, including more than 10 minutes in the second quarter and 11 minutes in the fourth period.

NIU came out of halftime with an 82-yard, 16-play drive to take a 14-13 lead. Childers converted on third down three times with rushes, and scored the touchdown on a one-yard run. A 20-yard completion from Childers to Jauan Wesley set up the score.

WMU took the lead two possessions later, driving from their 13-yard line, to the NIU two-yard line, where Eleby cored from two yards out, then hit Jalen Reed for the two-point conversion to give the Broncos a 21-14 lead.

WMU led 13-7 at halftime after the NIU defense forced Gavin Peddie field goals of 45 and 42 yards, in the second quarter, breaking a 7-7 tie.

Western Michigan took an early 7-0 lead with an eight-play, 75-yard drive off the opening kickoff. The big play on the drive was a 39-yard completion to Reed to the NIU five-yard line. Two plays later, Bogan scored from two yards out with 12:01 to play.

The Huskies avoided a bigger deficit thanks to a Smith sack. Childers fumbled under pressure on NIU’s next possession and WMU recovered at the Huskie 19-yard line. Smith’s sack forced a Broncos field goal try and the 36-yarder by Peddie was no good.

NIU tied it up on its ensuing possession when, on third and 11 from the NIU 42-yard line, Childers found Spencer Tears wide open behind the defense for a 58-yard touchdown. Andrew Gantz’ PAT tied the score with 5:05 to play in the first quarter.

NIU ........ WMUFirst Downs (R-P) 16 (8-8) .......22 (7-14)Rushes-Net Yards 43-106 ............. 46-94Passing Yards 156 ..................285Passes (C-A-I) 14-21-2 .........19-35-0Plays-Total Yards 64-262 ...........81-379Fumbles-Lost 2-1 ...................1-1Penalties-Yards 5-45 ................2-10Kickoff Returns-Yds 4-64 ................2-44Punt Returns-Yds 1-(-1) ...................0-03rd Down Conversions 7-15 ................8-184th Down Conversions 0-1 ...................1-1Punts-Average 6-38.5 ............ 5-35.8Possession Time 24:57 .............. 35:05Sacks By-Yards 6-37 ................4-29Red Zone Scores-Chances 1-1 ...................3-5

Rushing - NIU: Childers 22-53, Harbison 16-43, Brown 2-6, Jones 3-4. WMU: Bogan 14-63, Bellamy 15-52, Brown 5-18, Team3-(-7), Reed 1-(-9), Eleby 8-(-23).

Passing - NIU: Childers 14-21-2, 156: WMU: Eleby 19-35-0, 285.

Receiving - NIU: Tears 6-84, Brown 5-30, Wesley 2-32, Robinson 1-10. WMU: Eskridge 6-123, Reed 6-85, Ricci 3-35, Watson 2-22, Bellamy 1-13, Brown 1-7.

Tackles - NIU: Pugh 9, S. Smith 7; WMU: Spears 8, Tranquill 7.

— Western Michigan Athletic Communications — Name ................................................................Contact InformationSarah Fetters.............................................................sarah.fetters@wmich.edu............................................................................................................. 269-387-4123

2018 Record ........................................................................................... 7-6Mid-American Conference Record/Finish ...................5-3/ T-2ndHead Coach (Alma Mater/Year) ........................................ Tim Lester

................................................................. (Western Michigan/2000)Record at WMU/Years .......................................................20-16/ThirdCareer Record/Years .........................................................60-39/EighthLocation .......................................................................Kalamazoo, Mich.Enrollment .........................................................................................23,562Conference ........................... Mid-American, West Division (MAC)Colors .................................................................................. Brown & Gold Stadium ............................................................................Waldo Stadium Surface/Capacity .......................................................FieldTurf /30,200President .................................................. Dr. Edward B. MontgomeryAthletic Director .......................................................Kathy BeauregardAthletics Website .....................................................wmubroncos.comTwitter ............................................................................@WMU_FootballTicket Information ................................................. 1-888-4-WMU-TIX

WESTERN MICHIGAN FACTS

2019 WESTERN MICHIGAN SCHEDULEDay, Date Opponent (TV) Time (CT)Sat., Aug. 31 MONMOUTH (ESPN3) W, 48-13Sat., Sept. 7 at Michigan State (BTN) L, 51-17Sat., Sept. 14 GEORGIA STATE (ESPN+) W, 57-10Sat., Sept. 21 at Syracuse (ACCN) L, 52-33Sat., Sept. 28 CENTRAL MICHIGAN* (CBSSN) W, 31-15Sat., Oct. 5 at Toledo* (ESPN+) L, 31-24Sat., Oct. 12 MIAMI (OH)* (ESPNU) W, 38-16 Sat., Oct. 19 at Eastern Michigan* (ESPN+) L, 34-27Thu., Oct. 26 BOWLING GREEN* (ESPN3) W, 49-10Tue., Nov. 5 BALL STATE* (ESPN2) W, 35-31Tue., Nov. 12 at Ohio* (ESPN2) W, 37-34 OTTue., Nov. 26 NIU* (ESPNU) 6 pm

*Mid-American Conference Game; All Times Central

NIU-WMU SERIES HISTORYOverall ........................................................................WMU leads 25-19In Kalamazoo ..............................................................WMU leads 14-8In DeKalb ..................................................................................Tied 11-11Streak ..............................................................................................WMU, 1First Meeting ........................Sept. 23, 1950; WMU 40, NIU 13 (A)Last Meeting ..........................Nov. 20, 2018; WMU 28, NIU 21 (A)Series History .................................................................(*MAC Game):

1950: WMU 40, NIU 13 (A) 1969: WMU 31, NIU 22 (H)1970: WMU 38, NIU 18 (A)1971: WMU 27, NIU 17 (A)1972: WMU 14, NIU 10 (H) 1973: WMU 28, NIU 14 (A)1974: WMU 30, NIU 13 (H)1975: NIU 20, WMU 0 (A)*1976: WMU 37, NIU 6 (H)*1977: WMU 49, NIU 21 (A)*1978: WMU 44, NIU 30 (H)*1979: WMU 45, NIU 17 (A)*1980: WMU 35, NIU 6 (H)*1981: WMU 23, NIU 12 (H)* 1982: WMU 27, NIU 3 (A)*1983: NIU 27, WMU 3 (H)*1984: NIU 20, WMU 15 (A)*1985: NIU 17, WMU 0 (H)* 1987: NIU 34, WMU 14 (A)1988: NIU 15, WMU 7 (H)1991: WMU 22, NIU 10 (H)1992: WMU 13, NIU 7 (A)

1997: WMU 21, NIU 13 (H)*1998: WMU 37, NIU 23 (A)*1999: WMU 24, NIU 21 (H)*2000: WMU 52, NIU 22 (A)*2001: NIU 20, WMU 12 (H)*2002: NIU 24, WMU 20 (A)*2003: NIU 37, WMU 10 (H)*2004: NIU 59, WMU 38 (A)*2005: NIU 42, WMU 7 (H)*2006: WMU 16, NIU 14 (A)*2007: WMU 17, NIU 13 (H)*2008: WMU 29, NIU 26 (A)*2009: NIU 48, WMU 3 (H)*2010: NIU 28, WMU 21 (A)*2011: NIU 51, WMU 22 (H)*2012: NIU 48, WMU 34 (A)*2013: NIU 33, WMU 14 (H)*2014: NIU 31, WMU 21 (A)*2015: NIU 27, WMU 19 (H)*2016: WMU 45, NIU 30 (A)*2017: NIU 35, WMU 31 (H)*2018: WMU 28, NIU 21 (A)*


2019 NIU FOOTBALL GAME NOTES NOV. 26 VS. WESTERN MICHIGAN

TB | 5-11 | 215 | Jr.-R | Shelby, N.C.| Crest HS/Virginia22 TRE HARBISON

• After his fifth 100-yard game of the season, became first NIU tailback since 2010 (Spann) with back-to-back 1,000 yard rushing seasons, first player since 2013 (Lynch). Leads NIU with 92.8 yards per game and eight rushing TDs. Ranks 14th on NIU all-time rushing chart with 2,345 yards. Gained 112 yards on 30 carries vs. Eastern Michigan. Set season highs with 168 yards on 32 carries at Toledo and a career-long 33-yard catch. Ran for 158 yards on 31 carries vs. Akron with TDs of five and 30 yards. MAC West Offensive Player of the Week after scoring three TDs with 113 yards on 25 carries at Ohio. Owns 10 career 100-yard rushing games. Gained 146 yards on 22 carries vs. Ball State with 19 and 28 yard TDs and a season-long 40-yard run. Tallied 99 yards on 23 carries vs. Illinois State. Uncle, Charlie Harbison, is a coach with the Arizona Cardinals.

Year G/GS Rush Yds. Avg. TD Lg Rec. Yds. Avg. TD Lg2019 11/11 230 1,021 4.4 8 40 6 47 7.8 0 33Career 35/20 491 2,345 4.8 16 48 16 137 8.6 0 33

K | 5-11 | 190 | Fr.-R | Orland Park, Ill. | Brother Rice HS39 JOHN RICHARDSON

• Booted his second game-winning field goal of 2019 with a 25-yard kick with 41 seconds to play at Toledo. Won the Ohio game with a 37-yard FB on the final play. Earned MAC West Special Teams Player of the Week after both games. Also hit a career-long 51-yard three at OU, tied for sixth-longest in school history and longest by a Huskie since 2015. Made at least one field goal in every game he made an attempt, 10 of 11 games overall. Good on 10-of-11 threes from inside 40 yards. Leads NIU in scoring with 67 points. Has extended NIU’s team PAT streak to 151. Made seven straight threes between Utah game and the 51-yarder at Ohio. Kicked a 46-yard field goal at Utah and was good from 45 and 27 yards at Nebraska. Good on two FGs vs. Ball State.

Year G/GS FG-FGA Lg XP-XPA Pts KO Avg. TB2019 11/0 13-17 51 28-28 67 48 58.3 18Career 13/0 13-17 51 28-28 67 60 59.1 22

S | 6-0 | 200 | Sr.-R | Indianapolis, Ind. | Warren Central HS/Iowa Western CC8 MYKELTI WILLIAMS

• Huskies’ leading tackler with 82 on the year. All five of his tackles versus Eastern Michigan were solo stops. Posted double digit tackles for the fourth time in the last five games with 10 stops, seven solo, at Toledo. Collected 12 tackles at Central Michigan, seven solo, and was in on a tackle for loss. Made 10 stops, seven solo and one for loss, at Miami. Led NIU with a career-high 14 tackles at Ohio with half a tackle for loss. Contributed eight stops vs. Ball State, including a career-best two for loss, and a pass break up. Led NIU in tackles at Vanderbilt with eight. Posted five tackles and forced a fumble at Nebraska. Made at least one tackle in 37 of 38 career games. Redshirted at Notre Dame as a freshman and played one season at Iowa Western.

Year G/GS Solo Asst. Total TFL INT PBU2019 11/10 45 37 82 4.0 0 1Career 38/37 149 81 230 8.5 3 10

NIU PLAYERS TO WATCH

TE | 6-3 | 254 | Jr.-R | Council Bluffs, Iowa | Lewis Central HS89 MITCHELL BRINKMAN

• Third on the team with 33 catches with at least one in every game, His 438 receiving yards rank second on the team and are 37 shy of the NIU record for receiving yards in a season by a tight end. Led NIU with four catches for 34 yards vs. Eastern Michigan. Scored his second TD on an 18-yard grab vs. Akron. Sixth NIU tight end to record a 100-yard receiving game with five catches for 100 yards at Ohio, including a career-long 48-yarder. Caught three passes for 40 yards at Miami. Made four catches for 47 yards vs. Ball State. Scored on a 38-yard catch at Vanderbilt for his first touchdown since 2017. Also caught a two-point conversion pass. Led NIU in catches (4) and yards (51) vs. Illinois State. Made three catches at Utah and at Nebraska.

Year G/GS Rcv. Yds. Avg. TD Lg2019 11/9 33 438 13.3 2 48Career 36/13 44 568 12.9 4 48

QB | 6-2 | 200 | Sr. | Bothell, Wash. | Bothell HS/California12 ROSS BOWERS

• His 236.7 passing yards per game ranks in the Huskie Top 10 all-time. Averaging 12.83 yards per completion with 20 completions of 25 yards or more to seven different receivers. Totaled NIU career-high 338 yards on 23-of-39 passing at Ohio. His 280 passing yards at Vanderbilt included completions of 44, 38 and 33 yards. Threw for 248 yards on 25-of-44 passing at Nebraska. Completed 18-of-29 passes for 221 yards at Central Michigan. Flipped into the endzone at Utah for a touchdown and threw a season-long 74-yard touchdown pass. Threw for 299 yards on 20-of-33 passing with TDs of 22 and 68 yards vs. Illinois State. Cal transfer won the starting job over incumbent Marcus Childers. Injured at Miami and sat out the Akron game. Also did not play in the Eastern Michigan game. Totaled 3,039 yards and 18 TDs on 272-of-461 passing (59.0%) as the Golden Bears’ starting QB in 2017.

Year G/GS Rush Yds. Avg. TD Lg Comp-Att-Int Pct. Yds TD Lg2019 9/8 34 -111 -3.3 1 9 166-287-8 57.8 2,130 7 74

S | 6-0 | 205 | Sr.-R | Tuscaloosa, Ala. | Tuscaloosa Academy11 TRAYSHON FOSTER

• Fourth on the team in tackles with 45. Recorded his second fumble recovery of the year at Toledo and tallied three stops and a pass break-up. Tied his season high with nine stops at Central Michigan. Scored his first career touchdown when he recovered an Akron fumble in the end zone. Credited with five tackles, four solo, at Miami. Tallied a pair of solo stops with a tackle for loss on third down to stop a EMU drive. Made four stops, one-half for loss, and broke up two passes at Ohio, including one on fourth-and-two. Totaled nine stops versus Ball State with three solo. Credited with five tackles at Vanderbilt. Registered four stops at Utah with half a tackle for loss. Made three tackles, with one-half for loss, versus Illinois State.

Year G/GS Solo Asst. Total TFL Int PBU2019 11/10 18 27 45 2.5 0 3Career 47/23 93 57 150 5.5 2 8

DE | 6-4 | 250 | Jr. | Green Bay, Wisc. | Bay Port HS9 MATT LORBECK• Top tackler among NIU defensive linemen with career high 32 tackles, including 3.5 for loss. Tallied three stops vs. Eastern Michigan and played a strong game at Toledo in the Huskies’ win. Recorded his first sack of the season and broke up a pass vs. Akron as NIU held the Zips to 145 yards of total offense in the shutout. Made a season-high six stops vs. Ball State, forced a fumble and was in on a tackle for loss. Contributed five tackles at Miami with one-half for loss. Credited with four tackles at Utah with a TFL and equaled that number at Ohio. Also had a half tackle for loss vs. the Bobcats. Made three stops in the win over Illinois State and had two at Nebraska.

Year G/GS Solo Asst. Total TFL QS FF/FR2019 11/11 13 19 32 3.5 1.0 1/0Career 37/14 33 27 60 10.0 5.5 2/1

DT | 6-1 | 290 | Jr. | Naperville, Ill. | Marmion Academy55 WESTON KRAMER

• Ten-game starter has at least one tackle in 10 of 11 games this year. Made a season-high four tackles at Central Michigan. Has recorded half tackles for loss in five different games. In on three tackles at Ohio with one-half for loss. A force in the middle as NIU shut out Akron, limiting the Zips to seven first downs and just 145 yards of total offense. Recorded a pair of solo tackles at Nebraska, vs. Ball State and vs. Eastern Michigan. Contributed three tackles with one-half for loss vs. Illinois State. Defense limited Redbirds to a 1.8 rushing average. Made two stops with one-half for loss at Utah.

Year G/GS Solo Asst. Total TFL QS PBU2019 11/10 8 13 21 2.5 0.0 0Career 38/23 33 45 78 9.5 2.5 2



CB | 5-8 | 180 | So.-R | Gurnee, Ill. | Waukegan HS23 JALEN McKIE

• Leads the team in pass break-ups with eight and his 40 tackles are fifth. Has a PBU in each of last four games. Made three stops with a pass break-up at both CMU and at Toledo. Tallied his second tackle for loss of 2019 vs. Eastern Michigan for one of his four solo stops. Recorded a pass break-up in NIU’s shut out of Akron. Tied his career high with seven tackles at Ohio, including five solo. Broke up a pass and registered five tackles, four solo, vs. Ball State. Made a career-high seven tackles, five solo, at Vanderbilt. Tied for the FBS lead in blocked kicks with two after PAT and field goal blocks at Nebraska. Returned interception vs. Illinois State 32 yards for a score, the second of his career and added a tackle for loss. Broke up a pass and made four tackles at Utah.

Year G/GS Solo Asst. Total TFL Int PBU2019 11/11 26 14 40 2.0 1 8Career 25/13 47 19 66 3.5 3 10

WR | 6-0 | 190 | Jr. | Chicago, Ill. | Homewood-Flossmoor HS/Dodge City CC3 TYRICE RICHIE

• Ranks fourth on the team in catches and fifth in receiving yards. His three receiving scores lead NIU. Led NIU at Toledo with career-best six catches for 54 yards and a five-yard run. Scored on a 30-yard catch and run at Ohio and totaled two catches for 44 yards. Caught a pair of passes at CMU and three vs. Eastern Michigan. Made five grabs vs. Ball State for 30 yards. Added a 13-yard rush. Has 36 yards on four rushes in 2019. Caught five passes at Utah for 42 yards. Had TD catches of 22 and 68 yards in his first NIU game vs. Illinois State. Totaled 102 yards on three catches. Caught three passes for 31 yards at Nebraska. Did not play at Miami. Participated in 2019 spring practices. Signed with NIU out of high school before spending two seasons at Dodge City CC.

Year G/GS Rcv. Yds. Avg. TD Lg2019 10/7 31 344 11.1 3 68

NIU PLAYERS TO WATCH

TE | 6-2 | 250 | Sr.-R | Macomb, Mich. | Dakota HS88 DANIEL CRAWFORD

• Half of NIU’s dynamic tight end duo has six catches of 25+ yards and 11 of 10+ yards. Second on the team in catches and receiving yards. Needs five catches and 44 yards to break the Huskie tight end records. Has touchdowns in each of last two games after scoring his first career TD on a 36-yard catch at Toledo. Added three grabs for 46 yards. Scored on a nine-yard TD grab late vs. EMU. Caught three passes at CMU. Hauled in five passes at Ohio (21 yards) and at Nebraska (71), including a 28-yarder. Totaled career best 85 yards on five catches vs. Ball State. Versus Illinois State, caught three passes for 75 yards, including a career-long 45-yard grab. His three receptions at Utah included a 37-yarder. Came into the year with seven career catches for 65 yards.


WR | 6-2 | 190 | So. | DeKalb, Ill. | DeKalb HS18 COLE TUCKER

• Huskies’ top receiver with 38 catches for 531 yards on the year. Hauled in five receptions for 37 yards at Toledo. His 49-yard catch and run at CMU set up a touchdown as he totaled three catches for 75 yards. Scored his first career touchdown on a 10-yard grab at Miami to go with six catches for 82 yards. Made a one-handed catch for 39 yards to set up a Huskie field goal. At Ohio, caught a career high, and team season best, eight passes for 118 yards. Recorded a career-long 45-yard reception with six third or fourth down conversions. Grabbed three passes for 69 yards vs. Ball State. Made two grabs for 43 yards at Vanderbilt and totaled five catches for 50 yards at Nebraska. Averaging 4.3 yards on 11 punt returns. Handles kickoff return duties too.


DT | 6-4 | 310 | Jr. | Prophetstown, Ill. | Erie-Prophetstown HS98 JACK HEFLIN

• Former walk-on having an all-star caliber season at defensive tackle. Earned honorable mention honors on PFF Midseason All-America team. Took over the team lead in tackles for loss with 1.5 at Toledo. Also collected his second sack and forced his MAC-leading (10th in FBS) third fumble of 2019. Helped limit Akron to seven first downs and 145 yards of total offense in a shutout. Contributed 1.5 tackles for loss and three stops as NIU held Miami to 71 rushing yards. Credited with a season-high five tackles vs. Ball State with a sack and a forced fumble. Totaled four stops, 1.5 for loss, at Vanderbilt. Forced a fumble and recorded two tackles at Nebraska. Made four stops with 1.5 tackles for loss vs. Illinois State. Missed the Eastern Michigan game due to injury.

Year G/GS Solo Asst. Total TFL QS FF2019 10/10 12 16 28 7.0 2.0 3Career 37/28 37 32 69 16.0 8.0 3

C | 6-1 | 295 | Sr. | Shawnee, Kan. | St. Thomas Aquinas HS/Butler CC62 CHRISTOPHER PEREZ JR.

• NIU’s starting center has been one of the Huskies’ most effective blockers. Injured at CMU and missed the Toledo and EMU games. Offensive line led NIU to season-high 274 rushing yards on 62 attempts vs. Akron for a 4.4-yard average as Tre Harbison recorded his third 100-yard rushing game. At Ohio, NIU posted its first 500-yard total offense game since 2017 with a 300-yard passer, 100-yard rusher and 100-yard receiver for just the 11th time in school history. Helped lead the way for 100-yard rushing days by Harbison vs. Ball State and Ohio. Versus ISU, Harbison gained 99 rushing yards while Ross Bowers threw for 299 yards. Started 11 games at left guard in 2018.

OT | 6-5 | 305 | Sr.-R | Two Rivers, Wis. | Two Rivers HS72 JORDAN STECKLER

• Made his team-high 42nd career start vs. Eastern Michigan and has played in 46 games in last four seasons. Took the lead with two freshmen starting on the line at Toledo as NIU did not allow a sack and gained 232 rushing yards. Offensive line led NIU to season-high 274 rushing yards vs. Akron. NIU averaged 7.2 yards per play and totaled 510 yards of total offense at Ohio for the Huskies’ first 500-yard game since 2017. Led the way to Tre Harbison’s second consecutive 1,000-yard rushing season. Harbison surpassed the 100-yard mark five times. NIU’s 2019 nominee for the William F. Campbell Trophy and National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete award with a 3.62 GPA. Started at right tackle as a junior after playing left guard in 2017.

LB | 6-1 | 225| So.-R | Park Ridge, Ill. | Maine South HS50 VINNY LABUS

• Took over middle linebacker duties when senior Kyle Pugh was lost for the year after the Utah game. Ranks second on the team in tackles with 59, is third in tackles for loss and is tied for the team lead in sacks. Hit double digits in tackles with 10 at CMU and a season high 11 at Toledo. Added career best 1.5 tackles for loss vs. the Rockets. Recorded sacks at Ohio and Miami to go with seven tackles in each game, and had a tackle for loss and three stops in NIU’s shutout of Akron. Recovered a fumble and made eight stops versus Ball State. Totaled five tackles at Vanderbilt and had four with half a TFL at Nebraska. Recorded three tackles vs. Eastern Michigan. Originally came to NIU as a walk-on long snapper.

Year G/GS Solo Asst. Total TFL QS INT2019 11/8 24 35 59 5.0 2.0 1Career 25/9 33 43 76 5.0 2.0 1



A pair of fourth quarter touchdowns helped lead the Northern Illinois Uni-versity Huskies to a 24-10 win over Illinois State on Saturday night in the season opener at Huskie Stadium. Quarterback Ross Bowers, a transfer from California, went 20-of-33 through the air for 299 yards and two touchdowns as head coach Thomas Hammock began his coaching career with a victory.

The Huskies and Redbirds traded a pair of field goals in the first half, but neither team found the end zone until late in the third quarter when a Huskie score started a flurry of touchdown drives.

NIU took a 10-3 lead with a nine-play, 92-yard drive, capped by a Bowers to Tyrice Richie 22-yard touchdown pass with 2:11 to play in the third quarter. Illinois State had pinned the Huskies back on their own eight-yard line, but it took NIU just 3:12 to go the length of the field for the score. Bowers was 6-of-8 passing on the drive for 89 yards, connecting with five different receivers.

Nine receivers caught at least one pass for the Huskies, led by four recep-tions from junior tight end Mitchell Brinkman for 51 yards.

ISU answered on the next drive as Brady Davis connected with Taylor Grimes for a 42-yard touchdown to tie the game, 10-10, on the second play of the fourth quarter. The Redbirds needed just five plays to go 75 yards on the drive.

On the first play of the ensuing possession, Bowers found Richie on an out route and the junior receiver eluded the first defender and raced to the end zone for a 68-yard score, giving the Huskies a 17-10 lead less than a minute into the fourth quarter. The touchdown was NIU’s longest play from scrimmage since a 73-yard touchdown pass from Marcus Childers to Chad Beebe on Octo-ber 21, 2017 at Bowling Green. Richie finished the night with three catches for 102 yards and two touchdowns.

After trading a pair of possessions, the Redbirds had the ball, trailing by sev-en with 2:43 left when sophomore cornerback Jalen McKie intercepted a Davis pass and went 32 yards the other way for a touchdown to ice the win.

Davis finished the night 14-of-32 passing for 187 yards for the Redbirds, who rushed for just 51 yards as a team. The NIU defense held Illinois State to just 238 yards of total offense, including six three-and-outs.

In the opening half, NIU took a 3-0 lead with 4:19 to play in the first quarter on a 25-yard field goal by freshman John Richardson. A 45-yard completion from Bowers to senior tight end Daniel Crawford gave the Huskies first and goal at the Illinois State nine and four plays later NIU took the three-point lead.

The first turnover of the game helped Illinois State even the game at 3-3 with 2:55 left in the first half. A pass from Bowers was tipped at the line of scrimmage and intercepted by Dylan Drake, giving the Redbirds the ball on the NIU 32-yard line. Illinois State’s drive stalled at the Huskie 15 and Sam Fenlason connected on a 32-yard field goal to tie the contest going into halftime.

August 31 | 6 p.m. (CT) | ESPN+DeKalb, Illinois | Huskie Stadium | 14,568

GAME 1: NIU 24, ILLINOIS STATE 10

TEAM & INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS ISU ............NIUFirst Downs (R-P) 14 (2-8) .......17 (4-12)Rushes-Net Yards 28-51 ............. 35-90Passing Yards 187 ..................299Passes (C-A-I) 14-32-1 .........20-33-1Plays-Total Yards 60-238 ...........68-389Fumbles-Lost 1-1 ...................0-0Penalties-Yards 4-36 ................8-86Kickoff Returns-Yds 4-73 ................2-42Punt Returns-Yds 2-13 ................2-123rd Down Conversions 1-14 ................3-154th Down Conversions 0-2 ...................0-1Punts-Average 9-43.8 ............ 8-44.5Possession Time 26:46 .............. 31:45Sacks By-Yards 2-15 ...................1-5Red Zone Scores-Chances 1-1 ...................1-3

SCORING BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 TotalIllinois State 0 3 0 7 - 10NIU 3 0 7 14 - 24

SCORING SUMMARYNIU - Richardson 25 FG, 1st 4:19 (9-73, 4:34)ISU - Fenlason 32 FG, 2nd 2:55 (5-17, 1:21)NIU - Richie 22 pass from Bowers (Richardson kick), 3rd 2:11 (9-92, 3:12)ISU - Grimes 42 pass from Davis (Fenlason kick), 4th 14:22 (5-75, 2:42)NIU - Richie 68 pass Bowers (Richardson kick), 4th 14:04 (1-68, 0:11)NIU - McKie 32 interception return (Richardson kick), 4th 2:31

Rushing - ISU: Davis 8-17, Proctor 6-16, Robinson 13-16, Blackman 1-2; NIU: Harbison 23-99, Nettles 2-2, Jones 2-2, Team 3-(-3), Bowers 5-(-10).

Passing - ISU: Davis 14-32-1, 187; NIU: Bowers 20-33-1, 299.

Receiving - ISU: Grimes 6-109, Haley 3-31, Rutkiewicz 2-27, Robinson 2-10, Gillum 1-10; NIU: Brinkman 4-51, Richie 3-102, Crawford 3-75, Tucker 3-29, Jones 2-14, Robinson 2-12, Harbison 1-11, Thrower 1-8, Tears 1-(-3).

Tackles - ISU: Kirk 9, Ridgeway 8; NIU: Aitken 5, Pugh 5.

NIU went toe-to-toe with 13th ranked Utah in the first half, but the Utes de-fense limited NIU to just 69 yards of offense in the second half to claim a 35-17 win at Rice-Eccles Stadium.

The teams combined for 38 points and nearly 500 yards of total offense in the first half, with the Utes claiming a 21-17 lead at the break.

NIU quarterback Ross Bowers was 15-of-21 for 202 yards and a touchdown in the first half, while wide receiver Spencer Tears recorded his first 100-yard game of the season with 106 yards on four catches, most of those coming on a 74-yard touchdown catch and run that tied the game at 14. For the game, Bowers was 21-of-31 for 235 yards with one interception and one touchdown, while Tears finished with five catches for 112 yards.

NIU took a 7-0 lead in the first quarter after a 12-play, 88-yard drive that took 6:53 off the clock. Bowers went five-for-five passing on the drive and add-ed 15 yards rushing, including the nine-yard touchdown run.

The teams exchanged punts as the first quarter came to a close before Utah got its offense going staring from their 40-yard line. Zack Moss picked up 25 yards to start the drive and three plays later, quarterback Tyler Huntley hit Britain Covey for 21 yards to the NIU 13-yard line. Demari Simpkins put Utah on the scoreboard with a 13-yard touchdown run with 13:41 left in the quarter.

After a Huskie drive stalled, Utah took just 3:16 and seven plays to drive 70 yards with Huntley running it in himself from the 16-yard line.

Down 14-7, the Huskies responded. On second down, Bowers hit a streaking Tears in stride on the sideline and the senior went 74 yards to the end zone.

Utah came right back to re-take the lead with a nine-play, 75-yard drive. The Utes converted three times on third-and-one, with Moss going 16 yards for the touchdown, giving the Utes a 21-14 lead with 2:48 left in the half.

The Huskies were not done. Bowers hit Daniel Crawford for 37 yards to the Utah 38-yard line. Passes to Tears and Crawford got NIU to the Utah 21 but a sack backed the Huskies up to the 28. From there, John Richardson was good from 46 yards fto pull the Huskies within four, 21-17, at halftime.

Utah dominated the second half, beginning with a six-play, 70-yard drive to start the period. Moss scored his second touchdown of the game on a five-yard run to give the Utes a 28-17 lead.

The Huskies had fourth and one at the Utah 48 on its next possession but came up short and NIU turned the ball over on downs. The NIU defense re-sponded with a fourth down stop at the NIU 31-yard line.

Neither team was able to move the ball until Utah took advantage of the Huskies’ lone turnover to score its last touchdown early in the fourth quarter to take an insurmountable 35-17 lead.

September 7 | 11 a.m. (MT) | Pac-12 NetworksSalt Lake City, Utah | Rice-Eccles Stadium | 45,919

GAME 2: UTAH 35, NIU 17

TEAM & INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS NIU ..........UtahFirst Downs (R-P) 14 (4-10) .......19 (10-8)Rushes-Net Yards 25-67 ...........37-193Passing Yards 235 ..................214Passes (C-A-I) 21-31-1 .........14-19-0Plays-Total Yards 56-302 ...........56-407Fumbles-Lost 1-0 ...................0-0Penalties-Yards 5-50 ................1-10Kickoff Returns-Yds 0-0 ................2-37Punt Returns-Yds 0-0 ...................1-13rd Down Conversions 2-12 ................5-114th Down Conversions 1-2 ...................1-2Punts-Average 6-42.8 ............ 4-45.2Possession Time 30:26 .............. 29:34Sacks By-Yards 0-0 ................4-29Red Zone Scores-Chances 1-1 ...................5-5

SCORING BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 TotalNIU 7 10 0 0 - 17Utah 0 21 7 7 - 35

SCORING SUMMARYNIU - Bowers 9 run (Richardson kick), 1st 3:18 (12-88, 6:53)Utah - Simpkins 13 run (Redding kick), 2nd 13:41 (5-60, 1:34)Utah - Huntley 16 run (Redding kick), 2nd 8:20 (7-70, 3:16)NIU - Tears 74 pass from Bowers (Richardson kick), 2nd 7:20 (2-75, 1:00)Utah - Moss 16 run (Redding kick), 2nd 2:48 (9-75, 4:32)NIU - Richardson 46 FG, 2nd 0:51 (9-47, 1:57)Utah - Moss 5 run (Redding kick), 3rd 12:16 (6-70, 2:34)Utah - Dixon 14 pass from Huntley (Redding kick), 4th 12:49 (1-29,0:27)

Rushing - NIU: Nettles 10-37, Harbison 6-32, Childers 1-2, Jones 1-1, Bowers 7-(-5); Utah: Moss 18-80, Huntley 3-38, Wilmore 6-25, Simpkins 2-19, Vickers 1-12, Henry-Cole 1-9, Covey 1-9, Brumfield 3-2, Enis 1-1, Green 1-(-2).

Passing - NIU: Bowers 20-29-1, 229; Childers 1-2-0, 6; Utah: Huntley 14-19-0, 214.

Receiving - NIU: Tears 5-112, Richie 5-42, Crawford 3-49, Brinkman 3-16, Love 2-5, Tucker 1-17, Harbison 1-(-3), Nettles 1-(-3); Utah: Dixon 4-46, Thompson 2-66, Vickers 2-29, Covey 2-24, Simpkins 2-22, Kuithe 1-26, Thedford 1-1.

Tackles - NIU: Haney 9, Jones-Davis 7; Utah: Francis 12, Lloyd 10.



Nebraska used a balanced offensive attack and explosive plays on offense, while the ‘Huskers defense kept NIU out of the end zone to earn a 44-8 victory Saturday night at Memorial Stadium.

Nebraska gained 525 yards, 238 on the ground and 287 through the air as quarterbacks Adrian Martinez and Noah Vedral combined to complete 19-of-32 passes. The ‘Huskers averaged 8.1 yards per play, despite NIU owning a signifi-cant advantage in time of possession, 37:58 to 22:02.

The Huskies gained 350 yards on 81 plays but were unable to get into the end zone despite twice advancing inside the Nebraska 10-yard line in the sec-ond half. On its first drive of the half, NIU drove to the ‘Huskers nine-yard line with a 12-play, 66-yard jaunt, but a sack on second and goal forced the Huskies into a John Richardson 27-yard field goal, his second of the game.

The field goal proved to be NIU’s last score of the game. Late in the third quarter, after Nebraska extended its lead to 37-8 on a 10-yard run by Martinez, the Huskies drove from their 40 to the Nebraska one-yard line, but after two Tre Harbison runs netted just one yard, Bowers’ fourth-down pass to Daniel Crawford was knocked away to end the Huskies’ best threat.

Bowers completed 25-of-44 passes for 248 yards to 12 different Huskies with Crawford (5 for 71) and Tucker (5 for 50) leading the way. Jordan Cole made nine tackles, including three for loss, one for a safety. The Huskies blocked three kicks, two by Jalen McKie and one by Antonio Jones-Davis.

Nebraska led 30-5 after a wacky first half that saw punts fumbled and blocked, field goals and PATs blocked, a fake punt attempt fall short, an onside kick attempt bounce out of bounds and a Huskie safety.

Nebraska put three points on the board on its first drive and scored first-half touchdowns on runs of 21, 60 and 24 yards. The first came after a fumble by NIU punter Matt Ference in the face of a rush at the 6:22 mark of the first quar-ter, and Ference later had a punt blocked .

The ‘Huskers pushed the lead to 16-0 in the second quarter on a 60-yard touchdown run by Washington. McKie blocked the extra point.

NIU got on the board on its next possession, driving 48 yards in eight plays to the Nebraska 27-yard line. Richardson’s 45-yard field goal was good, making the score 16-3 Nebraska with 7:48 left in the half.

Nebraska started its next drive at the 50-yard line and four plays later, Ded-rick Mills picked up 24 of his 116 yards for a score, giving Nebraska a 23-3 lead.

With 44 seconds left in the half, Nebraska drove 87 yards in five plays, scor-ing on a 27-yard pass to Kanawai Noa for a 30-5 halftime lead.

September 14 | 7 p.m. (CT) | FS1Lincoln, Nebraska | Memorial Stadium | 89,593

GAME 3: NEBRASKA 44, NIU 8

TEAM & INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS NIU ........... NEBFirst Downs (R-P) 20 (4-15) .......22 (9-12)Rushes-Net Yards 32-74 ...........33-238Passing Yards 276 ..................287Passes (C-A-I) 28-49-1 .........19-32-0Plays-Total Yards 81-350 ...........65-525Fumbles-Lost 1-1 ...................2-1Penalties-Yards 4-40 ................1-15Kickoff Returns-Yds 4-49 ................1-18Punt Returns-Yds 2-5 ................3-203rd Down Conversions 5-20 ................6-134th Down Conversions 2-6 ...................1-1Punts-Average 7-38.6 ............ 3-45.3Possession Time 37:58 .............. 22:02Sacks By-Yards 0-0 ................3-17Red Zone Scores-Chances 1-2 ...................3-6

SCORING BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 TotalNIU 0 5 3 0 - 8Nebraska 10 20 7 7 - 44

SCORING SUMMARYNEB - Armstrong 36 FG, 1st 12:31 (8-58, 2:29)NEB - Washington 21 pass from Martinez (Armstrong kick), 1st 6:22 (1-21, 0:07) NEB - Washington 60 run (Armstrong kick blocked), 2nd 12:20 (4-83, 1:11)NIU - Richardson 45 FG, 2nd 7:58 (8-48, 4:22)NEB - Mills 24 run (Armstrong kick), 2nd 7:19 (4-50, 0:39)NIU - Cole safety, 2nd 1:49 NEB - Noa 27 pass from Martinez (McCallum kick), 2nd 0:05 (5-87, 0:39)NIU - Richardson 27 FG, 3rd 9:47 (12-66, 5:13)NEB- Martinez 10 run (McCallum kick), 3rd 3:00 (7-48, 2:42)NEB- Vedral 3 run (McCallum kick), 4th 4:04 (9-42, 2:28)

Rushing - NIU: Nettles 9-43, Harbison 12-31, Valentine 2-9, Tears 1-6, Childers 2-4, Ference 2-(-7), Bowers 4-(-12); NEB: Mills 11-116, Washington 4-63, Martinez 11-44, Johnson 3-9, Mazour 1-3, Vedral 1-3, Robinson 2-0.

Passing - NIU: Bowers 25-44-1, 248; Childers 3-5-0, 28; NEB: Martinez 16-27-0, 257; Vedral 3-5-0, 30.

Receiving - NIU: Crawford 5-71, Tucker 5-50, Tears 3-32, Richie 3-31, Brinkman 3-25, Jones 2-18, Robinson 2-8, Lersch 1-26, Nettles 1-10, Harbison 1-3, Valentine 1-3, Love 1-(-1); NEB: Spielman 4-76, Noa 3-51, Robinson 3-48, Washington 3-18, Stoll 2-38, Williams 1-26, Chase 1-13, Rafdal 1-9, McQuitty 1-8.

Tackles - NIU: Cole 9, Jones-Davis 5; NEB: Barry 10, Honas 8.

A few plays were the difference between NIU posting its first victory over a Southeastern Conference team since 2003 and a 24-18 loss to Vanderbilt.

After spotting the Commodores a 14-0 lead on just nine plays in the first 6:03 of the game, NIU outgained and outscored Vanderbilt the rest of the way before a fourth-quarter comeback was thwarted by one of those key plays.

At first and 10 on the Vanderbilt 46-yard line, NIU quarterback Ross Bowers couldn’t handle the snap and then attempted to pitch to wide receiver Michael Love, who was dropped for seven more yards. The play put the Huskies in a second-and-26 hole. The Commodores got the ball back with 3:10 to play and ran out the clock for the win.

NIU totaled 388 yards to the Commodores’ 373 and collected 20 first downs to Vandy’s 16. Bowers completed 17-of-32 passes for 280 yards with Spencer Tears gaining 100 on his three catches.

The Huskies closed the gap to 24-18 with a six-play, 75-yard touchdown drive after Vanderbilt had taken a 24-10 lead on a 28-yard field goal to start the fourth quarter. Cole Tucker caught a 28-yard pass on third-and-15 to the Vandy 34-yard line and one play later, Spencer Tears made a 33-yard catch to the one. Marcus Jones scored on the next play and Bowers’ two-point conversion pass to Mitchell Brinkman was good as NIU crept within six with 11:44 to play.

NIU scored the first 10 points of the third quarter to turn a 14-0 deficit into a four-point game. John Richardson put NIU on the board with a 39-yard field goal to cap a five-play, 52-yard drive that was set up by a 44-yard Bowers to Tears completion on the first play of the half.

A penalty contributed to a Vanderbilt punt and the Huskies drove from their 17-yard line to the Vanderbilt 38. On second down, Bowers hit Brinkman, who broke a tackle at the 25-yard line and outran everyone to the end zone.

The Commodores responded, driving 75 yards in just four plays to paydirt. One play after Antwain Walker forced a fumble that NIU was unable to recover, Vandy QB Riley Neal hit Kalija Lipscomb for a 38-yard touchdown pass off the flea flicker to give the ‘Dores a 21-10 edge.

Vanderbilt took only four plays to get on the scoreboard in the first quarter. Keyon Brooks scored on a 61-yard run to give the ‘Dores a 7-0 lead 1:35 into the contest.

The Commodores doubled their advantage on their next drive, after a 22-yard punt return by Justice Shelton-Mosley put Vanderbilt on the Huskie 31-yard line. Five plays later, Ke’Shawn Vaughn scored on a one-yard run and the PAT made the score 14-0 with 8:57 to play in the first quarter.

Although neither team turned the ball over, each team was whistled for nine penalties. Mykelti Williams totaled eight tackles to lead the NIU defense, which also got sacks from freshman Cam Mattox and senior Marcus Kelly.

September 28 | 11 a.m. (CT) | SEC NetworkNashville, Tennessee | Vanderbilt Stadium | 24,519

GAME 4: VANDERBILT 24, NIU 18

TEAM & INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS NIU ..... VANDYFirst Downs (R-P) 20 (9-8) .......16 (10-5)Rushes-Net Yards 31-108 ...........26-184Passing Yards 280 ..................189Passes (C-A-I) 17-32-0 .........21-28-0Plays-Total Yards 63-388 ...........54-373Fumbles-Lost 1-0 ...................1-0Penalties-Yards 9-74 ................9-97Kickoff Returns-Yds 1-22 ................2-20Punt Returns-Yds 2-(-6) ................2-243rd Down Conversions 4-13 ................3-114th Down Conversions 0-0 ...................0-0Punts-Average 8-38.1 ............ 6-46.7Possession Time 31:25 .............. 28:35Sacks By-Yards 2-16 ................3-23Red Zone Scores-Chances 1-1 ...................2-2

SCORING BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 TotalNIU 0 0 10 8 - 18Vanderbilt 14 0 7 3 - 24

SCORING SUMMARYVAN - Brooks 61 run (Rice kick), 1st 13:25 (4-80, 1:35)VAN - Vaughn 1 run (Rice kick), 1st 8:57 (5-31, 2:49) NIU - Richardson 39 FG, 3rd 12:51 (5-52, 2:02)NIU - Brinkman 38 pass from Bowers, 3rd 7:01 (8-83, 3:34)VAN - Lipscomb 38 pass from Neal (Rice kick), 3rd 5:12 (4-75, 1:49)VAN - Rice 28 FG, 4th 13:46 (10-44, 5:06)NIU - Jones 1 run (Brinkman pass from Bowers), 4th 11:44 (6-75, 2:02)

Rushing - NIU: Nettles 10-64, Harbison 13-62, Richie 2-18, Jones 2-3, Bowers 4-(-32), Love 0-(-7); VAN: Vaughn 17-138, Brooks 2-61, Shelton-Mosley 1-4, Team 3-(-5), Neal 3-(-14).

Passing - NIU: Bowers 17-32-0, 280; VAN: Neal 21-28-0, 189.

Receiving - NIU: Tears 3-100, Crawford 3-36 , Jones 3-34 , Brinkman 2-45, Tucker 2-43, Richie 1-18, Robinson 1-10, Harbison 1-1, Nettles 1-(-7); VAN: Lipscomb 8-100, Johnson 6-64, Vaughn 3-8, Shelton-Mosley 1-5, Bolar 1-6, Brooks 1-5, Pinkney 1-1.

Tackles - NIU: Williams 8, McKie 7; VAN: Harris 7, Moore 7.



Ball State scored 27 consecutive points over the final three quarters to claim the Bronze Stalk Trophy for the first time in 11 years with a 27-20 win over NIU.

NIU tailback Tre Harbison ran for 146 yards on 22 carries and two touch-downs, with 123 of his rushing yards and both touchdowns in the first half. Quarterback Ross Bowers completed 21-of-43 passes for 241 yards, hitting Daniel Crawford and Tyrice Richie five times each.

The Huskies gained 388 yards to Ball State’s 269, but were called for 12 pen-alties for 111 yards. NIU turned the ball over three times with all three turnovers in the second half.

Antonio Jones-Davis made a career-high 17 tackles and intercepted Ball State quarterback Drew Plitt on the first play of the game for his first career pickoff to set up NIU’s first touchdown. Jones-Davis also recorded his first sack of the season and tallied 1.5 tackles for loss.

NIU scored two first quarter touchdowns en route to a 17-3 halftime lead. The Huskies scored on their opening drive after Jones-Davis’ interception gave NIU the ball on the BSU 24-yard line. Three plays later, Harbison scored on a 19-yard rush. The Huskies doubled their advantage on their next possession with a 10-play, 77-yard drive. Harbison went the final 28 yards for the TD.

The teams traded 24-yard field goals in the second quarter. Ball State’s Ryan Rimmler hit the first of his four threes on the dayat the 14:52 mark, while John Richardson closed out the first half scoring with 7:09 to play in the half.

Poor field position plagued the Huskies in the third quarter when four of their six possessions started inside the 12-yard line. The Cardinals scored on a 25-yard field goal to close out an eight-play, 37-yard drive at the 6:44 mark.

Harbison fumbled at the NIU eight-yard line and Ball State’s Caleb Huntley, who totaled 157 yards on 35 carries in the game, scored from the three to bring BSU within five points. A Plitt to Justin Hall pass narrowed the gap to three points, 17-14 with 6:01 to play.

NIU’s next possession ended in a fumble and its next with a punt from the end zone, where a kick catch interference call gave BSU the ball on the NIU 26-yard line. The Huskie defense limited Ball State to a game-tying field goal by Rimmler, who was good from 47 yards.

Ball State took the lead for good on its first drive of the fourth quarter, which lasted just one play when Huntley burst through the middle for 45 yards and a score to give Ball State the lead for good.

Rimmler made his fourth and final field goal with 7:27 to play from 22 yards out. Richardson added a 38-yard field goal with 2:45 to play to bring the Hus-kies within seven points.

October 5 | 2:30 p.m. (CT) | ESPN3DeKalb, Illinois | Huskie Stadium | 10,365

GAME 5: BALL STATE 27, NIU 20

TEAM & INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS BSU ............NIUFirst Downs (R-P) 20 (12-2) .......18 (6-12)Rushes-Net Yards 60-235 ............. 35-90Passing Yards 34 ..................299Passes (C-A-I) 4-14-1 .........21-43-1Plays-Total Yards 74-269 ...........74-388Fumbles-Lost 3-1 ...................4-2Penalties-Yards 4-35 ...........12-111Kickoff Returns-Yds 2-49 ................3-20Punt Returns-Yds 1-(-1) ...................2-93rd Down Conversions 3-15 ................4-154th Down Conversions 0-0 ...................0-1Punts-Average 7-40.4 ............ 7-39.3Possession Time 32:02 .............. 27:58Sacks By-Yards 1-4 ................2-11Red Zone Scores-Chances 4-4 ...................3-3

SCORING BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 TotalBall State 0 3 14 10 - 27NIU 14 3 0 3 - 20

SCORING SUMMARYNIU - Harbison 19 run (Richardson kick), 1st 13:45 (3-24, 1:06)NIU - Harbison 28 run (Richardson kick), 1st 8:36 (10-77, 3:59)BSU - Rimmler 24 FG, 2nd 14:52 (14-70, 4:47)NIU - Richardson 24 FG, 2nd 7:09 (7-60, 2:48)BSU - Rimmler 25 FG, 3rd 6:45 (8-37, 2:54)BSU - Huntley 3 run (Hall pass from Plitt), 3rd 6:01 (1-3, 0:05)BSU - Rimmler 42 FG, 3rd 0:26 (4-1, 1:19)BSU - Huntley 45 run (Rimmler kick), 4th 14:34 (1-45, 0:09)BSU - Rimmler 22 FG, 4th 7:27 (7-17, 3:49)NIU - Richardson 38 FG, 4th 2:45 (8-60, 1:31)

Rushing - BSU: Huntley 35-157, Fletcher 10-35, Pliltt 12-23, Hall 2-17, Dunner 1-3; NIU: Harbison 22-146, Richie 1-13, Jones 1-4, Team 1-(-1), Nettles 2-(-5), Bowers 4-(-10).

Passing - BSU: Plitt 4-14-1, 34; NIU: Bowers 21-43-1, 241.

Receiving - BSU: Miller 1-15, Tyler 1-7, Davis 1-6, Hall 1-6; NIU: Crawford 5-85, Richie 5-30, Tucker 4-69, Brinkman 4-47, Tears 1-5, Jones 1-3, Harbison 1-2.

Tackles - BSU: Wilborn 10, Albright 7; NIU: Jones-Davis 17, Foster 9.

NIU kicker John Richardson made a 37-yard field goal as time expired to give the Huskies a 39-36 win over Ohio.

Tailback Tre Harbison scored three touchdowns and gained 113 yards on 25 carries, including 108 in the second half. On the Huskies’ game-winning drive, Harbison ran six consecutive times for 42 yards to the Ohio 19. From there, Richardson’s kick was good for the first game-winner of his young NIU career.

Trailing 21-10 at half, the Huskies got a spark in the third quarter from back-up quarterback Marcus Childers. From the NIU 23, he took the snap and ran up the middle for 70 yards to the Ohio seven-yard line. Two plays later, Harbison scored a four-yard TD to trim Ohio’s lead to 21-16 after the two-point try failed.

After the Huskie defense forced a three-and-out, quarterback Ross Bowers led NIU on a 13-play, 76-yard drive to take the lead. Harbison finished the drive with a one-yard touchdown run to give NIU a 22-21 lead with 3:13 to play in the third quarter.

NIU wide receiver Cole Tucker finished the game with a career high eight catches for 118 yards. Bowers finished the game with an NIU career best 338 yards on 23-of-39 passing and a touchdown.

Leading 22-21, NIU got the ball back after Ohio could not convert on fourth and six, and the Huskies extended their lead to 29-21 with a six-play, 63-yard drive. Bowers hit tight end Mitchell Brinkman, who caught five passes for 100 yards in the game, for a 28-yard pick-up on third and three. He connected with Tyrice Richie for a 30-yard touchdown to give NIU a 29-21 with 12:02 to play.

Ohio responded behind quarterback Nathan Rourke, who hit tight end Ryan Luehrmann on an eight-yard touchdown pass, and completed the two-point try to tie the score at 29 with 8:25 left.

NIU took the lead again, Harbison scoring his third TD after a 48-yard pass to Brinkman put the Huskies on the Ohio three-yard line. The Bobcats took just four plays to respond as Shane Hooks took a 47-yard pass from Rourke to the end zone with 3:38 to play. The Ohio QB finished with 258 yards passing and 80 rushing on 12 carries.

Mykelti Williams led the Huskies defensively with 14 tackles, while Antonio Jones-Davis added 12 stops and a sack.

NIU scored its first half touchdown on a blocked punt by Corey Lersch that was picked up and returned three yards to the end zone by Adam Buirge, and took a 10-7 lead on Richardson’s career-long 51-yard field goal.

The Bobcats took a 21-10 halftime lead with a pair of second quarter touch-downs and used trick plays to score both.

October 12 | 2:30 p.m. (CT) | ESPN+Athens, Ohio | Peden Stadium | 18,019

GAME 6: NIU 39, OHIO 36

TEAM & INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS NIU .........OHIOFirst Downs (R-P) 22 (6-15) .... 24 (10-12)Rushes-Net Yards 31-169 ...........34-178Passing Yards 341 ..................260Passes (C-A-I) 24-40-1 .........20-33-0Plays-Total Yards 71-510 ...........67-438Fumbles-Lost 0-0 ...................0-0Penalties-Yards 3-11 ................6-70Kickoff Returns-Yds 0-0 ............. 6-157Punt Returns-Yds 1-23 ................1-173rd Down Conversions 10-16 ................6-124th Down Conversions 2-2 ...................0-1Punts-Average 2-41.0 ............ 5-34.8Possession Time 28:55 .............. 31:05Sacks By-Yards 2-11 ................2-20Red Zone Scores-Chances 4-4 ...................4-4

SCORING BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 TotalNIU 10 0 12 17 - 39Ohio 7 14 0 15 - 36

SCORING SUMMARYNIU - Buirge 3 blocked punt return (Richardson kick), 1st 12:53OU - Rourke 8 run (Zervos kick), 1st 8:06 (9-75, 4:47) NIU - Richardson 51 FG, 1st 5:49 (9-42, 2:17)OU - Rourke 2 pass from Knock (Zervos kick), 2nd 12:14 (13-59, 5:39)OU - Pleasants 2 run (Zervos kick), 2nd 5:12 (6-30, 3:14)NIU - Harbison 4 run (Bowers pass failed), 3rd 9:44 (3-92, 1:25)NIU - Harbison 1 run (Bowers pass failed), 3rd 3:13 (13-76, 5:57)NIU - Richie 30 pass from Bowers (Richardson kick), 4th 12:08 (6-63, 2:45)OU - R. Luehrman 8 pass from Rourke (Ross rush), 4th 8:25 (8-73, 3:37)NIU - Harbison 3 run (Richardson kick), 4th 5:15 (9-75, 3:10)OU - Hooks 47 pass from Rourke (Zervos kick), 4th 3:38 (4-76, 1:32)NIU - Richardson 37 FG, 4th 0:00 (9-56, 3:38)

Rushing - NIU: Harbison 25-113, Childers 2-75, Nettles 1-(-2), Bowers 3-(-17); OU: Rourke 12-80, Allison 11-79, Ross 9-26, Pleasants 1-2, Team 1-(-9).

Passing - NIU: Bowers 23-39-1, 338; Childers 1-1-0, 3; OU: Rourke 19-31-0, 258; Knock 1-1-0, 2; Cox 0-1-0, 0.

Receiving - NIU: Tucker 8-118, Brinkman 5-100, Crawford 5-21, Richie 2-44, Love 2-16, Robinson 1-25, Jones 1-17; OU: Hooks 7-131, R. Luehrman 4-53, Odom 3-30, Cox 2-27, A. Luehrman 1-10, Walton 1-6, Rourke 1-2, Knock 1-1.

Tackles - NIU: Williams 14, Jones-Davis 12; OU: Dorsa 10, Hagan 8.



The Miami RedHawks claimed their second consecutive Mallory Cup win with a defensive stand in the final minute to defeat the NIU Huskies, 27-24, Saturday at Yager Stadium.

NIU’s Marcus Childers, who took over for starter Ross Bowers late in the sec-ond quarter after Bowers went out with an injury, accounted for all three of the Huskies’ touchdowns. He threw for 144 yards on 14-of-23 passing, including a 10-yard score to Cole Tucker in the fourth quarter, and ran for two touchdowns on runs of one and three yards.

Trailing 27-17 after the RedHawks’ Sam Sloman made a pair of fourth-quar-ter field goals, NIU quarterback Childers connected with Tucker on a 10-yard touchdown pass to bring the Huskies within three, 27-24 with 2:44 to play.

The NIU defense forced a Miami punt, but the RedHawks defense responded with a sack on third-and-two. Childers’ fourth-down pass fell incomplete and Miami was able to run out the clock.

NIU led 10-0 with 3:08 to play in the first half after Childers scored on a one-yard run to complete a 13-play, 34-yard drive. Kicker John Richardson started the scoring for NIU with a 25-yard field goal at the end of the first quarter.

Meanwhile, the Huskie defense was bottling up the Miami offense before the RedHawks scored on a one-yard run by Jaylon Bester with 36 seconds to play in the first half after a 10-play, 75-yard drive. Prior to that drive, NIU had held Miami to just 21 total yards on 15 plays. The RedHawks finished the half with just 11 rushing yards on 14 carries and four first downs but found a formula for success on the final drive that they would carry into the second half.

The RedHawks took their first lead of the game on the first drive of the second half on a 45-yard pass from quarterback Brett Gabbert to James Maye to complete an eight-play, 90-yard drive.

The Huskies re-took the lead on their next possession. Childers hit freshman Michael Love for a 38-yard completion to the one and scored in from three yards out with 6:47 on the clock. Richardson’s PAT made it 17-14 NIU.

Miami responded with a nine-play, 62-yard drive to take the lead for good. Quarterback Brett Gabbert hit Jalen Walker on a 40-yard pass play to the one and Bester scored from one yard out three plays later for a 21-17 margin.

Tucker, who totaled six catches for 82 yards to lead NIU, scored the first touchdown of his Huskie career, and freshman Michael Love had his best receiv-ing day with three catches for 60 yards. Tre Harbison gained 83 yards on 26 car-ries to lead all NIU rushers. The Huskies finished with 350 yards of total offense s, including 235 passing, and converted seven of their 16 third down attempts.

In his first start, true freshman Nick Rattin made eight tackles and broke up a pass. Safety Mykelti Williams led NIU with 10 stops on the day while Vinny Labus had seven stops, a sack and a pass break-up as NIU held Miami to just 71 rushing yards on 36 carries in the game.

October 19 | 1:30 p.m. (CT) | ESPN3Oxford, Ohio | Yager Stadium | 11,710

GAME 7: MIAMI 27, NIU 24

TEAM & INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS NIU ...... MIAMIFirst Downs (R-P) 22 (10-9) .......14 (3-11)Rushes-Net Yards 43-115 ............. 36-71Passing Yards 235 ..................273Passes (C-A-I) 21-35-0 .........15-28-0Plays-Total Yards 78-350 ...........64-344Fumbles-Lost 0-0 ...................1-0Penalties-Yards 1-5 ................5-33Kickoff Returns-Yds 0-0 ............. 3-133Punt Returns-Yds 1-4 ................2-153rd Down Conversions 7-16 ................7-174th Down Conversions 1-2 ...................1-1Punts-Average 5-41.8 ............ 5-43.6Possession Time 28:55 .............. 31:05Sacks By-Yards 1-4 ................2-16Red Zone Scores-Chances 4-4 ...................4-5

SCORING BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 TotalNIU 3 7 7 7 - 24Miami 0 7 14 6 - 27

SCORING SUMMARYNIU - Richardson 25 FG, 1st 0:08 (11-69, 5:17)NIU - Childers 1 run (Richardson kick), 2nd 3:08 (13-43, 6:34)MU - Bester 1 run (Sloman kick), 2nd 0:36 (10-75, 2:32) MU - Maye 45 pass from Gabbert (Sloman kick), 3rd 11:13 (8-90, 3:41)NIU - Childers 3 run (Richardson kick), 3rd 6:47 (8-75, 4:26)MU - Bester 1 run (Sloman kick), 3rd 3:29 (9-62, 3:11) MU - Sloman 34 FG, 4th 14:21 (7-49, 2:52)MU - Sloman 37 FG, 4th 5:57 (8-51, 2:32)NIU - Tucker 10 pass from Childers (Richardson kick), 4th 2:44 (13-75, 3:13)

Rushing - NIU: Harbison 26-83, Childers 9-27, Bowers 3-4, Jones 1-3, Nettles 3-0, Team 1-(-2); MU: Gabbert 7-42, Bester 14-32, Shelton 5-12, Johnson 5-8, Thomas 1-(-6), Team 4-(-17).

Passing - NIU: Childers 14-23-0, 144; Bowers 7-12-0, 91; MU: Gabbert 15-28-0, 273.

Receiving - NIU: Tucker 6-82, Tears 4-33, Love 3-60, Brinkman 3-40, Crawford 3-9, Robinson 2-11; MU: Walker 7-138, Bester 3-12, Maye 2-65, Robinson 1-26, Homer 1-18, Shelton 1-14.

Tackles - NIU: Williams 14, Rattin 8; MU: McWood 14, Baratti 9.

Junior quarterback Marcus Childers threw for three touchdowns and tailback Tre Harbison ran for a pair as the NIU Huskies recorded their first shutout since 2012, blanking Akron, 49-0, Saturday at Huskie Stadium.

Harbison rushed for 158 yards on 31 carries and the NIU defense added a pair of touchdowns while holding the Zips to just 145 yards of total offense; pitching its first shutout in 93 games (Nov. 3, 2012 vs. UMass: 63-0).

NIU scored on its first possession of the game as Harbison capped off a 14-play, 74-yard drive with a five-yard touchdown. The junior had six carries for 29 yards on the drive and gave the Huskies a 7-0 lead with 6:08 to play in the opening quarter.

The Huskie lead was still 7-0 when Devin Haney intercepted a pass from Akron quarterback Zach Gibson on the first Zips drive of the second quarter.

It took NIU just one play to convert the turnover into points as Harbison cut through the middle of the Akron defense and went 30 yards for his second touchdown of the day, giving the Huskies a 14-0 lead.

After a three-and-out by the Akron offense, NIU tacked on another score as Childers connected with fullback Brett Bostad from five yards out, giving the Huskies a 21-0 halftime lead. Bostad’s catch was the first of his career.

The NIU defense allowed just 56 total yards in the first half and held Akron to 0-of-5 on third downs.

NIU’s first drive of the second half stalled just past midfield but Huskie junior punter Matt Ference pinned Akron at its own three-yard line.

On the first play of the drive, the Zips fumbled inside their own end zone and senior safety Trayshon Foster jumped on it for a Huskie touchdown, the first of his NIU career.

Following another three-and-out by Akron, the NIU offense marched 70 yards in 11 plays, capped by an 18-yard touchdown pass from Childers to junior tight end Mitchell Brinkman. The Huskies ran the ball on each of the first 10 plays of the drive.

Brinkman had two catches for 36 yards, Nettles finished the contest with 71 yards rushing on 12 carries.

On the fourth play of the fourth quarter, Childers connected with junior Corey Lersch for a three-yard touchdown, finishing an eight-play, 48-yard drive.

Childers went 7-of-9 through the air in the game for 71 yards while also gaining 36 yards on nine carries.

NIU closed the scoring with 9:43 left in the fourth when freshman linebacker Nick Rattin stepped in front of a pass from Robbie Kelley and returned it 31 yards for a Huskie touchdown.

Akron’s Brandon Lee rushed for 76 yards, 38 in the fourth quarter. The Zips had just seven first downs, one shy of the NIU record for fewest allowed.

October 26 | 2:30 p.m. (CT) | ESPN3DeKalb, Illinois | Huskie Stadium | 9,027

GAME 8: NIU 49, AKRON 0

TEAM & INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Akron ............NIUFirst Downs (R-P) 7 (6-1) .......21 (15-4)Rushes-Net Yards 25-94 ...........62-274Passing Yards 51 .................... 71Passes (C-A-I) 7-26-2 ..............7-9-0Plays-Total Yards 51-145 ...........71-345Fumbles-Lost 6-1 ...................2-1Penalties-Yards 7-62 ................4-30Kickoff Returns-Yds 5-90 ...................0-0Punt Returns-Yds 1-9 ................2-233rd Down Conversions 2-12 ................7-144th Down Conversions 0-2 ...................1-1Punts-Average 8-39.1 ............ 5-40.2Possession Time 20:35 .............. 39:25Sacks By-Yards 1-7 ................2-14Red Zone Scores-Chances 0-0 ...................4-4

SCORING BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 TotalAkron 0 0 0 0 - 0NIU 7 14 14 14 - 49

SCORING SUMMARYNIU - Harbison 5 run (Richardson kick), 1st 6:08 (14-74, 7:02)NIU - Harbison 30 run (Richardson kick), 2nd 11:39 (1-30, 0:06)NIU - Bostad 5 pass from Childers (Richardson kick), 2nd 5:44 (6-38, 3:35)NIU - Foster 0 fumble recovery (Richardson kick), 3rd 9:56NIU - Brinkman 18 pass from Childers (Richardson kick), 3rd 3:13 (11-70, 5:47)NIU - Lersch 3 pass from Childers (Richardson kick), 4th 13:17 (8-48, 3:58)NIU - Rattin 31 interception return (Richardson kick), 4th 9:43

Rushing - UA: Lee 10-76, Burton 8-39, Hayes-Patrick 1-8, DeShields 2-4, Gibson 2-(-14), Team 2-(-19); NIU: Harbison 31-158, Nettles 12-71, Childers 9-36, Valentine 4-17, Gregory 2-7, Jones 1-0, Team 3-(-15).

Passing - UA: Gibson 4-15-1, 36; Kelley 1-7-1, 4; DeShields 2-4-0, 11; NIU: Childers 7-9-0, 71.

Receiving - UA: Hicks 3-22, Knight 1-14, Scippio 1-6, Hayes-Patrick 1-5, Stewart 1-4; NIU: Brinkman 2-36, Love 2-18, Richie 1-9, Bostad 1-5, Lersch 1-3.

Tackles - UA: Lako 15, Arslanian 12; NIU: Buirge 5, Rattin 5.



Central Michigan tailbacks Jonathan Ward and Kobe Lewis combined for 281 of CMU’s 327 rushing yards and quarterback Quinten Dormady threw three touchdown passes as the Chippewas handed the Northern Illinois University Huskies a 48-10 loss Saturday at Kelly/Shorts Stadium.

Trailing 38-10 by halftime, NIU turned the ball over four times in the second half, while the Huskie defense forced just one CMU punt on the day.

“Give credit to Central Michigan, they went out there and they dominated us, it’s as simple as that, and we’re not going to make excuses,” said NIU Head Coach Thomas Hammock. “I take full responsibility as the head coach. I thought we had good preparation, but we got out there and we didn’t get it done.”

CMU did most of its damage in the first 30 minutes as they took a 38-10 lead into the halftime locker room, amassing 400 yards of offense in the half while forcing six NIU punts. The Chippewas scored on each of their three first-quarter possessions, while the Huskies could manage only a 33-yard John Richardson field goal.

Central Michigan matched that on their first drive of the second quarter to take a 24-3 lead. NIU got into the end zone on its next drive with a nine-yard touchdown pass from Ross Bowers to Spencer Tears that came one play after Bowers connected with Cole Tucker on a 49-yard pass play. The PAT made it 24-10 Central Michigan with 10:48 left in the half.

Dormady, who completed 18-of-24 passes for 288 yards on the day, hit tight end Tony Poljan from 39 yards out for a score and closed out the half with a 16-yard TD throw to Tyrone Scott.

The Chippewas’ Ryan Tice missed three field goals in a scoreless third quar-ter while each of the Huskies’ three third-quarter drives ended in interceptions.

CMU scored its final touchdown on Ward’s three-yard run at the start of the final period as he finished the game with 138 yards on 20 carries while Lewis ran 17 times for 143 yards. The Chippewas totaled 615 yards of total offense.

“I saw a talented [Central Michigan] team on tape with the two running backs and the wide receiver, I saw talent and I thought we would do a better job of containing them,” Hammock said. “For us, when you get an opportunity, you have to finish the play. We didn’t finish the play. We had guys in position. Whether that’s making the catch or the tackle or the interception.”

NIU managed just 22 rushing yards on 25 carries on the day and were held to one-of-12 on third down conversions. Bowers, who did not go through a full practice until Friday, completed 18-of-29 passes for 221 yards. Tucker caught three passes for 75 yards and running back Marcus Jones had four catches on the day. Mykelti Williams was one of three Huskies in double figures in tackles with 12, while Nick Rattin and Vinny Labus each had 10 stops.

November 2 | 11 a.m. (CT) | CBS Sports NetworkMt. Pleasant, Mich. | Kelly/Shorts Stadium | 10,438

GAME 9: CENTRAL MICHIGAN 48, NIU 10

TEAM & INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS NIU ..........CMUFirst Downs (R-P) 13 (2-10) .... 24 (13-11)Rushes-Net Yards 25-22 ...........50-327Passing Yards 229 ..................288Passes (C-A-I) 19-31-3 .........18-25-0Plays-Total Yards 56-251 ...........75-615Fumbles-Lost 2-1 ...................0-0Penalties-Yards 1-5 ................5-53Kickoff Returns-Yds 1-8 ................1-56Punt Returns-Yds 0-0 ................3-143rd Down Conversions 1-12 ................8-154th Down Conversions 2-2 ...................0-1Punts-Average 7-45.0 ............ 1-33.0Possession Time 25:59 .............. 34:01Sacks By-Yards 0-0 ................1-11Red Zone Scores-Chances 2-2 ...................7-9

SCORING BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 TotalNIU 3 7 0 0 - 10Central Michigan 21 17 0 10 - 48

SCORING SUMMARYCMU - Pimpleton 14 pass from Dormady (Tice kick), 1st 10:37 (7-61, 2:48)CMU - Lazzaro 3 run (Tice kick), 1st 6:34 (6-78, 2:02)NIU - Richardson 33 FG, 1st 2:51 (8-60, 3:43) CMU - Lewis 16 run (Tice kick), 1st 0:51 (5-75, 2:00)CMU - Tice 32 FG, 2nd 12:00 (6-22, 2:55)NIU - Tears 9 pass from Bowers (Richardson kick), 2nd 10:48 (3-75, 1:12) CMU - Poljan 39 pass from Dormady (Tice kick), 2nd 4:59 (6-77, 2:30)CMU - Scott 16 pass from Dormady (Tice kick), 3rd 0:49 (8-66, 2:26)CMU - Ward 3 run (Tice kick), 4th 14:20 (9-53, 4:32)CMU - Tice 31 FG, 4th 10:13 (7-14, 3:56)

Rushing - NIU: Childers 7-19, Harbison 10-17, Nettles 2-6, Jones 2-3, Thompson 1-3, Bowers 3-(-26); CMU: Lewis 17-143, Ward 20-138, Lazzaro 7-27, Scott 1-15, Gwilly 3-4, Dormady 1-2, Team 1-(-2).

Passing - NIU: Bowers 18-29-3, 221; Childers 1-2-0, 8; CMU: Dormady 18-24-0, 288; Pimpleton 0-1-0, 0.

Receiving - NIU: Jones 4-25, Tucker 3-75, Tears 3-62, Crawford 3-18, Brinkman 2-33, Love 2-10, Richie 2-6; CMU: Sullivan 5-88, Pimpleton 5-50, Ward 3-11, Poljan 2-79, Scott 2-53, Law 1-7.

Tackles - NIU: Williams 12, Rattin 10, Labus 10; CMU: Oliver 5.

Freshman John Richardson made a 25-yard field goal with 41 seconds to play to give the NIU Huskies a 31-28 victory over Toledo Wednesday night in the Glass Bowl.

The field goal capped a 13-play, 68-yard drive that took 4:26 off the clock after Toledo had staged a 21-point, fourth-quarter comeback to tie the game at 28. Big plays by Cole Tucker, Tre Harbison and Marcus Childers, as well as a pass interference call on the Rockets, set up Richardson’s game-winner.

Harbison ran for 158 yards on 32 carries with a score and quarterback Childers scored a pair of rushing touchdowns, including one on a 40-yard scam-per, as the Huskies totaled 222 yards on the ground and 222 through the air on the night. Ross Bowers completed 15-of-26 passes for 193 yards and threw a 36-yard touchdown pass to tight end Daniel Crawford.

NIU took a 28-7 lead with one minute to play in the third quarter on Childers’ second touchdown, a one-yard sneak, to complete an eight-play, 65-yard drive. Bowers hit Harbison for 43 yards and Childers completed the drive with passes of 10 and six yards to Tyrice Richie, a one-yard run by Harbison and the sneak for the score. Richie finished the game with six catches for 54 yards.

Toledo stormed back. Eli Peters hit Bryce Mitchell for a 34-yard score just 1:05 into the quarter, and took advantage of a special teams miscue when punt-er Matt Ference dropped the ball at the Huskie 17-yard line. They scored two plays later with Peters and Mitchell again hooking up, this time from 13 yards out. The PAT narrowed the Huskies’ lead to seven, 28-21, with 12:23 to play.

The Rockets tied the score on their next drive, taking 10 plays to go 91 yards in just 3:38 with Peters and Mitchell connecting on a 37-yard completion to the Huskie 10-yard line. Peters completed 26-of-38 passes for 300 yards, while Mitchell had 125 yards on six catches to lead the Rockets.

The Huskies extended their lead to 21-7 with 6:10 to play in the third quarter on a one-yard Harbison run that completed a 12-play, 88-yard drive. Marcus Jones’ 23-yard catch, in traffic, at the one-yard line set up Harbison’s score.

NIU took a 14-7 halftime lead on a perfectly executed read option by Childers, who faked a handoff and took off to his right untouched for the 40-yard rushing score. He gave the Huskies a 14-7 lead with 13:16 to play in the second quarter.

Each team got on the board for seven in the first quarter. The Huskies turned the ball over on downs on the Toledo 41-yard line and the Rockets drove 59 yards in seven plays to take a 7-0 lead with 5:44 to play in the first. The score came on a four-yard completion from Peters to Devin Maddox.

NIU tied it with a seven-play, 75-yard drive. Bowers hit a wide-open Craw-ford down the left sideline for the 36-yard score as the senior tight end record-ed his first career touchdown.

November 13 | 7 p.m. (CT) | ESPN2Toledo, Ohio | Glass Bowl | 15,610

GAME 10: NIU 31, TOLEDO 28

TEAM & INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS NIU ............TOLFirst Downs (R-P) 24 (10-11) .......24 (9-15)Rushes-Net Yards 44-232 ...........38-208Passing Yards 212 ..................300Passes (C-A-I) 18-29-0 .........26-38-0Plays-Total Yards 73-444 ...........76-508Fumbles-Lost 1-0 ...................4-2Penalties-Yards 3-24 ................7-60Kickoff Returns-Yds 1-0 ................2-42Punt Returns-Yds 0-0 ...................0-03rd Down Conversions 7-15 ................4-134th Down Conversions 1-3 ...................3-5Punts-Average 4-40.8 ............ 2-45.0Possession Time 32:44 .............. 27:16Sacks By-Yards 2-16 ...................0-0Red Zone Scores-Chances 3-3 ...................3-4

SCORING BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 TotalNIU 7 7 14 3 - 31Toledo 7 0 0 21 - 28

SCORING SUMMARYUT - Maddox 4 pass from Peters (Davis kick), 1st 5:44 (7-59, 2:52)NIU - Crawford 36 pass from Bowers (Richardson kick), 1st 2:35 (7-75, 3:09)NIU - Childers 40 run (Richardson kick), 2nd 13:16 (5-60, 2:45) NIU - Harbison 1 run (Richardson kick), 3rd 6:10 (12-88, 6:15)NIU - Childers 1 run (Richardson kick), 3rd 1:00 (8-65, 3:37) UT - Mitchell 34 pass from Peters (Davis kick), 4th 13:55 (8-70, 2:01)UT - Mitchell 13 pass from Peters (Davis kick), 4th 12:23 (2-17, 0:37)UT - Jones 7 run (Davis kick), 4th 5:07 (10-91, 3:38)NIU - Richardson 25 FG, 4th 00:41 (13-68, 4:26)

Rushing - NIU: Harbison 32-168, Childers 5-57, Nettles 3-13, Richie 1-5, Jones 1-1, Bowers 1-(-3), Ference 1-(-9); UT: Seymour 19-133, Jones 11-45, Peters 6-16, Koback 2-14.

Passing - NIU: Bowers 15-26-0, 183; Childers 3-3-0, 29; UT: Peters 26-38-0, 300.

Receiving - NIU: Richie 6-54, Tucker 5-37, Crawford 3-46, Harbison 1-33, Jones 1-23, Brinkman 1-11, Nettles 1-8; UT: McKinley-Lewis 7-78, Mitchell 6-125, Rosi 4-37, Seymour 4-24, Maddox 2-8, Phillips 1-12, Gilliam 1-9, Turner 1-7.

Tackles - NIU: Thomas 12, Labus 11, Williams 10; UT: Fisher 9.



Eastern Michigan used a 24-point third quarter to break open a 14-7 game and went on to defeat NIU, 45-17, Tuesday night at Huskie Stadium.

EMU quarterback Mike Glass completed 20-of-24 passes for 235 yards and three touchdowns while Shaq Vann ran for 101 yards as the Eagles earned their first win over NIU since 2007.

Tailback Tre Harbison led the Huskie offense with 112 rushing yards on 30 carries as he surpassed the 1,000-yard mark for the second consecutive season, becoming the first NIU tailback to go over 1,000 rushing yards in back-to-back seasons since Chad Spann in 2009-10. Harbison has 1,021 yards on 230 carries on the season.

Quarterback Marcus Childers, starting his second game of the season in place of Ross Bowers, rushed for 92 yards on 13 carries. He completed 12-of-26 passes for 99 yards, and threw a career-high three interceptions.

Leading 14-7, Eastern Michigan scored on each of its first three possessions of the third quarter to build a 31-10 advantage. Glass led the Eagles on a nine-play, 75-yard drive to open the quarter with Vann scoring from eight yards out for the first score.

After the Huskies responded with a 34-yard field goal by John Richardson to narrow the margin to 21-10, EMU took just two plays to go 75 yards for a 28-10 lead. Vann escaped for 24 yards and a Huskie penalty moved the ball to the NIU 36-yard line. From there, Glass completed his second 36-yard TD pass of the game, this time to Line Latu for a 28-10 advantage.

A pair of turnovers led to EMU’s next 10 points. Childers fumbled while get-ting sacked and EMU recovered at the NIU 38-yard line. Five plays later, kicker Chad Ryland converted from 27 yards out. Then, one play after the Eagles’ Brody Hoying returned an interception 48 yards to the NIU 22, Glass hit Jackson for a 22-yard touchdown and a 38-10 EMU lead.

Eastern Michigan led 7-0 after one quarter and 14-7 at the half. The Eagles scored on their first possession of the game, driving 62 yards in eight plays and 4:16 with Glass scoring from one yard out.

EMU doubled its lead on its first drive of the second quarter with a sev-en-play, 86-yard drive. Glass hit Arthur Jackson with a 36-yard completion for the score after the defensive back fell down on the play.

The Huskies responded with a 10-play, 65-yard drive to cut the lead in half with 6:35 to play in the half. Harbison picked up 35 yards on the ground on the drive and Childers completed three passes before taking it in from eight yards out for the score.

November 19 | 6:30 p.m. (CT) | ESPN2DeKalb, Illinois | Huskie Stadium | 5,062

GAME 11: EASTERN MICHIGAN 45, NIU 17

TEAM & INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS EMU ............NIUFirst Downs (R-P) 24 (10-10) .......21 (13-7)Rushes-Net Yards 30-193 ...........48-238Passing Yards 235 .................... 99Passes (C-A-I) 20-24-0 .........12-26-3Plays-Total Yards 54-428 ...........74-337Fumbles-Lost 1-1 ...................1-1Penalties-Yards 4-45 ................7-63Kickoff Returns-Yds 0-0 ...................0-0Punt Returns-Yds 2-18 ...................0-03rd Down Conversions 4-7 ................6-164th Down Conversions 0-0 ...................1-1Punts-Average 2-53.0 ............ 4-41.0Possession Time 24:17 .............. 35:43Sacks By-Yards 1-8 ...................0-0Red Zone Scores-Chances 4-4 ...................3-3

SCORING BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 TotalEastern Michigan 7 7 24 7 - 45NIU 0 7 3 7 - 17

SCORING SUMMARYEMU - Glass 1 run (Ryland kick), 1st 6:56 (8-62, 4:16)EMU - Jackson 36 pass from Glass (Ryland kick), 2nd 11:41 (7-86, 3:09)NIU - Childers 8 run (Richardson kick), 2nd 6:33 (10-65, 5:08)EMU - Vann 8 run (Ryland kick), 3rd 11:37 (9-75, 3:23)NIU - Richardson 34 FG, 3rd 8:39 (8-49, 2:58)EMU - Latu 36 pass from Glass (Ryland kick), 3rd 8:17 (2-75, 0:22)EMU - Ryland 27 FG, 3rd 2:05 (5-29, 2:16)EMU - Jackson 22 pass from Glass (Ryland kick), 3rd 0:11 (1-22, 0:05)EMU - Grissom 3 run (Ryland kick), 4th 9:33 (7-33, 4:00)NIU - Crawford 9 pass from Childers (Richardson kick), 4th 0:52 (15-75, 8:41)

Rushing - EMU: Vann 14-101, Grissom 4-44, Glass 6-31, Turner 2-14, Latu 2-7, Team 2-(-4); NIU: Harbison 30-112, Childers 13-92, Jones 4-28, Nettles 1-6.

Passing - EMU: Glass 20-24-0, 235; NIU: Childers 12-26-3, 99.

Receiving - EMU: Jackson 5-78, Williams 5-54, Latu 3-50, Drummond 3-41, Beydoun 3-5, Sexton 1-7; NIU: Brinkman 4-34, Richie 3-8, Tears 2-24, Crawford 2-22, Tucker 1-11.

Tackles - EMU: Beltram 10, Myrick 9; NIU: Thomas 10, Williams 5.


RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Lng Avg/GHARBISON, Tre 11 230 1054 33 1021 4.4 8 40 92.8CHILDERS, Marcus 8 48 348 36 312 6.5 5 70 39.0NETTLES, Jordan 11 55 272 37 235 4.3 0 34 21.4JONES, Marcus 11 15 47 2 45 3.0 1 19 4.1RICHIE, Tyrice 10 4 36 0 36 9.0 0 13 3.6VALENTINE, Rahveon 8 6 26 0 26 4.3 0 13 3.2GREGORY, Rondarius 2 2 7 0 7 3.5 0 4 3.5TEARS, Spencer 11 1 6 0 6 6.0 0 6 0.5THOMPSON, Anthony 2 1 3 0 3 3.0 0 3 1.5LOVE, Michael 11 0 -7 0 -7 0.0 0 0 -0.6FERENCE, Matt 11 3 2 18 -16 -5.3 0 2 -1.5Team 7 8 0 21 -21 -2.6 0 0 -3.0BOWERS, Ross 9 34 44 155 -111 -3.3 1 9 -12.3Total.......... 11 407 1838 302 1536 3.8 15 70 139.6Opponents...... 11 397 2192 220 1972 5.0 23 75 179.3

PASSING G Effic. C-A-I Pct. Yds TD LngAvg/GBOWERS, Ross 9 122.66 166-287-8 57.8 2130 7 74 236.7CHILDERS, Marcus 8 119.85 42-71-3 59.2 388 5 38 48.5Total.......... 11 122.10 208-358-11 58.1 2518 12 74 228.9Opponents...... 11 141.84 178-299-4 59.5 2318 18 47 210.7

RECEIVING G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/GTUCKER, Cole 11 38 531 14.0 1 49 48.3CRAWFORD, Daniel 11 35 432 12.3 2 45 39.3BRINKMAN, Mitch 11 33 438 13.3 2 48 39.8RICHIE, Tyrice 10 31 344 11.1 3 68 34.4TEARS, Spencer 11 22 365 16.6 2 74 33.2JONES, Marcus 11 14 134 9.6 0 23 12.2LOVE, Michael 11 12 108 9.0 0 38 9.8ROBINSON, Dennis 10 8 66 8.2 0 25 6.6HARBISON, Tre 11 6 47 7.8 0 33 4.3NETTLES, Jordan 11 4 8 2.0 0 10 0.7LERSCH, Corey 10 2 29 14.5 1 26 2.9THROWER, Max 3 1 8 8.0 0 8 2.7BOSTAD, Brett 10 1 5 5.0 1 5 0.5VALENTINE, Rahveon 8 1 3 3.0 0 3 0.4Total.......... 11 208 2518 12.1 12 74 228.9Opponents...... 11 178 2318 13.0 18 47 210.7

TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/GBOWERS, Ross 9 321 -111 2130 2019 224.3HARBISON, Tre 11 230 1021 0 1021 92.8CHILDERS, Marcu 8 119 312 388 700 87.5NETTLES, Jordan 11 55 235 0 235 21.4JONES, Marcus 11 15 45 0 45 4.1RICHIE, Tyrice 10 4 36 0 36 3.6VALENTINE, Rahveon 8 6 26 0 26 3.2GREGORY, Rondarius 2 2 7 0 7 3.5TEARS, Spencer 11 1 6 0 6 0.5THOMPSON, Anthony 2 1 3 0 3 1.5LOVE, Michael 11 0 -7 0 -7 -0.6FERENCE, Matt 11 3 -16 0 -16 -1.5Team 7 8 -21 0 -21 -3.0Total.......... 11 765 1536 2518 4054 368.5Opponents...... 11 696 1972 2318 4290 390.0

PUNTRETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LongTUCKER, Cole 11 47 4.3 0 13LERSCH, Corey 1 20 20.0 0 0BUIRGE, Adam 0 3 0.0 1 3Total.......... 12 70 5.8 1 13Opponents...... 18 130 7.2 0 22

NIU OPPSCORING 257 324 Points Per Game 23.4 29.5 Points Off Turnovers 42 69FIRST DOWNS 212 208 Rushing 83 94 Passing 113 95 Penalty 16 19RUSHING YARDAGE 1536 1972 Yards gained rushing 1838 2192 Yards lost rushing 302 220 Rushing Attempts 407 397 Average Per Rush 3.8 5.0 Average Per Game 139.6 179.3 TDs Rushing 15 23PASSING YARDAGE 2518 2318 Comp-Att-Int 208-358-11 178-299-4 Average Per Pass 7.0 7.8 Average Per Catch 12.1 13.0 Average Per Game 228.9 210.7 TDs Passing 12 18TOTAL OFFENSE 4054 4290 Total Plays 765 696 Average Per Play 5.3 6.2 Average Per Game 368.5 390.0KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 12-141 28-675PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 12-70 18-130INT RETURNS: #-Yards 4-103 11-248KICK RETURN AVERAGE 11.8 24.1PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 5.8 7.2INT RETURN AVERAGE 25.8 22.5FUMBLES-LOST 14-6 19-7PENALTIES-Yards 58-499 53-516 Average Per Game 45.4 46.9PUNTS-Yards 63-2597 52-2208 Average Per Punt 41.2 42.5 Net punt average 38.5 39.2KICKOFFS-Yards 52-3092 65-3457 Average Per Kick 59.5 53.2 Net kick average 37.8 41.8TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 32:37 27:233RD-DOWN Conversions 56/164 49/140 3rd-Down Pct 34% 35%4TH-DOWN Conversions 11/21 6/15 4th-Down Pct 52% 40%SACKS BY-Yards 12-77 21-153MISC YARDS 29 0TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 31 41FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 13-17 12-19ON-SIDE KICKS 0-2 0-0RED-ZONE SCORES (27-30) 90% (37-44) 84%RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (18-30) 60% (26-44) 59%PAT-ATTEMPTS (28-28) 100% (38-39) 97%ATTENDANCE 39022 215808 Games/Avg Per Game 4/9756 7/30830 Neutral Site Games 0/0

SCOREBYQUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TotalNIU 54 60 70 73 257Opponents 66 92 73 93 324

TEAM STATISTICS INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

NIU FOOTBALL 2019 FOOTBALL STATISTICS


FUMBLERETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LongFOSTER, Trayshon 1 2 2.0 1 2Total.......... 1 2 2.0 1 2Opponents...... 3 9 3.0 0 6

INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD LongRATTIN, Nick 1 31 31.0 1 31MCKIE, Jalen 1 32 32.0 1 32JONES-DAVIS, Antonio 1 0 0.0 0 0HANEY, Devin 1 40 40.0 0 40Total.......... 4 103 25.8 2 40Opponents...... 11 248 22.5 0 48

KICKRETURNS No. Yds Avg TD LongJONES, Marcus 7 105 15.0 0 27LOVE, Michael 3 13 4.3 0 8TUCKER, Cole 1 17 17.0 0 17BOSTAD, Brett 1 6 6.0 0 6Total.......... 12 141 11.8 0 27Opponents...... 28 675 24.1 0 86

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 50+BlkdFERENCE, Matt 58 2440 42.1 57 2 15 15 11 0BOWERS, Ross 4 157 39.2 46 0 0 4 0 0Team 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1Total.......... 63 2597 41.2 57 2 15 19 11 1Opponents...... 52 2208 42.5 67 5 25 21 11 1

KICKOFFS No. Yds Avg TB OB Retn Net YdLnRICHARDSON, John 47 2787 59.3 18 3 FERENCE, Matt 5 305 61.0 0 1 Total.......... 52 3092 59.5 18 4 675 37.8 27Opponents...... 65 3457 53.2 24 3 141 41.8 23

No. LongNIU 37 74 TD, Bowers to Tears at Utah, 9/7

Rushing 9 70 Childers at Ohio, 10/12 Childers 3 70 at Ohio, 10/12 Harbison 5 40 vs. Ball State, 10/5 Nettles 1 34 at Vanderbilt, 9/28

Passing 23 74 TD, Bowers to Tears at Utah, 9/7 by Bowers 20 74 TD, to Tears at Utah, 9/7 by Childers 3 38, to Love at Miami, 10/19 to Brinkman 4 48, from Bowers at Ohio, 10/12 to Crawford 5 45, from Bowers vs Illinois State, 8/31 to Lersch 1 26 at Nebraska, 9/14 to Love 1 38 from Childers at Miami, 10/19 to Richie 2 68 TD, from Bowers vs Illinois State, 8/31 to Robinson 1 25, from Bowers at Ohio, 10/12 to Tears 4 74 TD, from Bowers at Utah, 9/7 to Tucker 4 49, from Bowers at CMU, 11/2

Returns 5 41 INT Haney vs. Akron, 10/26 Jones 1 27 KOR vs. Illinois State, 8/31 McKie 1 32 INT TD vs. Illinois State, 8/31 Haney 2 41 INT vs. Akron, 10/26 Rattin 1 31 INT TD vs. Akron, 10/26

OPPONENT 49 86 KOR Thomas, Miami, 10/19 Rushing 12 71 Lewis, CMU, 11/2 Passing 25 47 TD, Rourke to Hooks, Ohio, 10/12 Returns 12 56 KOR Brown, CMU, 11/2 * 25 Yards or Longer

2019 LONG PLAYSFIELDGOALS FG-FGA Pct1-1920-2930-3940-4950-99 LgBlkRICHARDSON, John 13-17 76.5 0-0 5-5 5-6 2-4 1-2 51 0

FGSEQUENCE NIU OpponentsIllinois State (25),36 (32)UTAH (46) -Nebraska (45),(27) (36),37,32Vanderbilt (39) (28)Ball State (24),(38) (24),52,(25),(42),(22)Ohio (51),44,49,(37) -MIAMI (25),50 30,(34),(37)Akron - -Central Michigan (33) (32),42,43,29,(31)TOLEDO (25) -Eastern Michigan (34) (27)Western Michigan

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.

|---------PATs-------|SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv PassDXP Saf Pts.RICHARDSON, John 0 13-17 28-28 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 67HARBISON, Tre 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 48CHILDERS, Marcus 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30RICHIE, Tyrice 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18BRINKMAN, Mitch 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0-0 0 0 14TEARS, Spencer 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12CRAWFORD, Daniel 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12JONES, Marcus 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6BUIRGE, Adam 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6BOWERS, Ross 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1-3 0 0 6LERSCH, Corey 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6MCKIE, Jalen 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6BOSTAD, Brett 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6TUCKER, Cole 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6RATTIN, Nick 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6FOSTER, Trayshon 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6COLE, Jordan 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 1 2Total.......... 31 13-17 28-28 0-0 1 1-3 0 1 257Opponents...... 41 12-19 38-39 1-1 1 1-1 0 0 324

ALLPURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/GHARBISON, Tre 11 1021 47 0 0 0 1068 97.1TUCKER, Cole 11 0 531 47 17 0 595 54.1BRINKMAN, Mitch 11 0 438 0 0 0 438 39.8CRAWFORD, Daniel 11 0 432 0 0 0 432 39.3RICHIE, Tyrice 10 36 344 0 0 0 380 38.0TEARS, Spencer 11 6 365 0 0 0 371 33.7CHILDERS, Marcus 8 312 0 0 0 0 312 39.0JONES, Marcus 11 45 134 0 105 0 284 25.8NETTLES, Jordan 11 235 8 0 0 0 243 22.1LOVE, Michael 11 -7 108 0 13 0 114 10.4ROBINSON, Dennis 10 0 66 0 0 0 66 6.6LERSCH, Corey 10 0 29 20 0 0 49 4.9HANEY, Devin 10 0 0 0 0 40 40 4.0MCKIE, Jalen 11 0 0 0 0 32 32 2.9RATTIN, Nick 11 0 0 0 0 31 31 2.8VALENTINE, Rahveon 8 26 3 0 0 0 29 3.6BOSTAD, Brett 10 0 5 0 6 0 11 1.1THROWER, Max 3 0 8 0 0 0 8 2.7GREGORY, Rondarius 2 7 0 0 0 0 7 3.5BUIRGE, Adam 11 0 0 3 0 0 3 0.3THOMPSON, Anthony 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 1.5FERENCE, Matt 11 -16 0 0 0 0 -16 -1.5Team 7 -21 0 0 0 0 -21 -3.0BOWERS, Ross 9 -111 0 0 0 0 -111 -12.3Total.......... 11 1536 2518 70 141 103 4368 397.1Opponents...... 11 1972 2318 130 675 248 5343 485.7

NIU FOOTBALL 2019 FOOTBALL STATISTICS


|---------Tackles---------| |-Sacks-| |---PassDef---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd GP Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yds Int-Yds BrUp QBH FR-Yds FF Kick Safety8 WILLIAMS, Mykel 11 45 37 82 4.0-10 . . 1 . . 1 . .50 LABUS, Vinny 11 24 35 59 5.0-16 2.0-11 . 1 2 1-0 . . .4 JONES-DAVIS, Antonio 6 29 22 51 6.0-19 2.0-11 1-0 1 . . . 1 .11 FOSTER, Trayshon 11 18 27 45 2.5-5 . . 3 . 2-2 . . .23 MCKIE, Jalen 11 26 14 40 2.0-4 . 1-32 8 . . . 2 .15 THOMAS, Dillon 10 26 9 35 . . . 4 . . . . .7 TERRY, Marshe 11 16 18 34 1.0-2 . . . . 3-0 . . .38 RATTIN, Nick 11 19 13 32 . . 1-31 1 . . . . .9 LORBECK, Matt 11 13 19 32 3.5-11 1.0-6 . 1 1 . 1 . .45 COLE, Jordan 9 20 12 32 4.0-14 . . 1 . . . . 198 HEFLIN, Jack 10 12 16 28 7.0-23 2.0-14 . . 3 . 3 . .12 HANEY, Devin 10 17 6 23 . . 1-40 1 . . . . .55 KRAMER, Weston 11 8 13 21 2.5-3 . . . . . . . .99 LEROY, Ben 9 6 14 20 0.5-2 . . . . . . . .10 WYNNE, Quintin 9 13 5 18 4.5-17 2.0-11 . . 1 . . . .96 KELLY, Marcus 11 6 6 12 3.0-13 1.0-9 . . 1 . . . .29 BUIRGE, Adam 11 8 3 11 . . . . . . 1 . .26 WALKER, Antwain 3 6 5 11 . . . 1 . . 1 . .5 KENNEDY, Michael 9 6 3 9 2.0-9 1.0-8 . 1 . . . . .3 PUGH, Kyle 2 4 5 9 3.0-8 . . . . . . . .58 MATTOX, Cam 7 4 4 8 1.0-7 1.0-7 . . 1 . . . .91 GRIFFIN, Jeffre 9 3 4 7 . . . . . . . . .44 LERSCH, Corey 10 4 2 6 . . . . . . . 1 .20 MARCH, Zhamaine 9 3 3 6 . . . . . . . . .27 AITKEN, Mark 1 5 . 5 . . . 1 . . . . .17 GAY, Rayshawn 3 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .21 JONES, Marcus 11 4 . 4 . . . . . . . . .95 DENTON, Jawon 6 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .24 SMITH, Trequan 6 1 3 4 . . . . 2 . . . .33 EARL, Joshua 7 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .39 RICHARDSON, John 11 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .51 HARMAN, Nathan 11 . 3 3 . . . . . . . . .TM Team 7 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .31 CLARK, Justin 1 . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .37 STARKS, Jeron 6 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .18 PARKER, Kewan 6 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .97 TAYLOR, Demond 4 . 2 2 0.5-1 . . . . . . . .70 COX, Marques 11 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .65 VELOZ, Nathan 11 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .94 ESTER, James 3 2 . 2 2.0-4 . . . . . . . .36 FERENCE, Matt 11 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .25 HOGANS, Cortez 2 . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .3 RICHIE, Tyrice 10 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .13 BONDS, Joseph 3 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .92 TAYLOR, A.J. 1 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .58 PATTON, Brayden 11 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .82 TRIEB, Tom 1 . . . . . . . 1 . . . .15 CHILDERS, Marcus 8 . . . . . . . . 1-0 . . . Total.......... 11 367 320 687 54-168 12-77 4-103 25 12 7-2 7 4 1 Opponents...... 11 379 386 765 69.0-318 21-153 11-248 58 21 6-9 8 1 .

NIU FOOTBALL 2019 DEFENSIVE STATISTICS


NIU FOOTBALL 2019 PARTICIPATIONNo. Name GP/GS IllinoisSt. Utah Nebraska Vanderbilt BallSt. Ohio Miami Akron CMU Toledo EMU WMU93 ABRELL, Erik 10/- X X X X X X – X X X X27 AITKEN, Mark 1/1 CB – – – – – – – – – –13 BONDS, Joseph 3/- – – X – – – – X – X –3B BOSTAD, Brett 10/- X X X X X X X X X – X1C BOWERS, Ross 9/8 QB QB QB QB QB QB QB – X QB –89 BRINKMAN, Mitch 11/9 TE TE X TE TE X TE TE TE TE TE29 BUIRGE, Adam 11/1 X X S X X X X X X X X1F CHILDERS, Marcu 8/3 – X X – – X X QB QB X QB31 CLARK, Justin 1/- – – X – – – – – – – –45 COLE, Jordan 9/7 LB LB LB LB X LB – – X LB LB70 COX, Marques 11/9 LT X X LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT88 CRAWFORD, Danie 11/7 TE X X TE TE TE X X TE TE TE95 DENTON, Jawon 6/- X X X X X X – – – – –3E EARL, Joshua 7/1 – – – – X X X X S X X75 ENGSTRAND, Leif 1/- – – – – – – – X – – –94 ESTER, James 3/- – – X X – – – – – – X36 FERENCE, Matt 11/- X X X X X X X X X X X11 FOSTER, Traysho 11/10 S S S S S S S S X S S57 GAY, Rayshawn 3/- – – – – – – – X X X –35 GOSTON, Romel 2/- – – X – – – X – – – –2B GREGORY, Rondar 2/- – – – X – – – X – – –91 GRIFFIN, Jeffre 9/- X X X X X – X X X – X63 GUETHS, Ezekiel 1/- – – – – – – – X – – –6 HALL, Rodney 1/- – – – – – X – – – – –12 HANEY, Devin 10/6 X CB CB CB X X CB CB CB X –22 HARBISON, Tre 11/11 TB TB TB TB TB TB TB TB TB TB TB51 HARMAN, Nathan 11/- X X X X X X X X X X X16 HARRIS, J.D. 2/- X X – – – – – – – – –98 HEFLIN, Jack 10/10 DT DT DT DT DT DT DT DT DT DT –21 HENDERSON, Tyri 1/- – – – – – – X – – – –25 HOGANS, Cortez 2/- – X X – – – – – – – –2C JONES, Marcus 11/- X X X X X X X X X X X4 JONES-DAVIS, A 6/6 LB LB LB LB LB LB – – – – –96 KELLY, Marcus 11/1 X X X X X X DE X X X X5 KENNEDY, Michae 9/- X X X X X X – X X – X55 KRAMER, Weston 11/10 DT DT DT DT DT X DT DT DT DT DT50 LABUS, Vinny 11/8 X X LB LB LB LB LB LB LB LB X99 LEROY, Ben 9/2 X X – – X DT X X X X DT44 LERSCH, Corey 10/1 X X TE X X X X X X – X9 LORBECK, Matt 11/11 DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE2 LOVE, Michael 11/- X X X X X X X X X X X20 MARCH, Zhamaine 9/- X X X X X X X X X – –5D MATTOX, Cam 7/- – – X X X X X X X – –1A MCCRAY, Fabian 2/- – – – – – – – X – X –23 MCKIE, Jalen 11/11 CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB19 MITCHELL, Jyran 4/- – – – – – X X X X – –28 NETTLES, Jordan 11/- X X X X X X X X X X X46 OLIVER, Shequan 4/- – – – – – – X X X X –61 OLSON, Benn 9/8 LG LG LG LG X LG LG LG LG – –18 PARKER, Kewan 6/- X X X X X X – – – – –58 PATTON, Brayden 11/11 RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG C C62 PEREZ, Christop 10/9 C C C C C C C C C X –69 POTTER, Nolan 10/- – X X X X X X X X X X3 PUGH, Kyle 2/2 LB LB – – – – – – – – –38 RATTIN, Nick 11/5 X X X X X X LB LB LB LB LB39 RICHARDSON, Joh 11/- X X X X X X X X X X X3 RICHIE, Tyrice 10/6 X WR WR X WR WR – WR X X WR40 RILEY, Walter 3/- – – X X – – X – – – –17 ROBINSON, Denni 10/4 WR X X WR X WR WR X X – X24 SMITH, Trequan 6/- X X X X X X – – – – –83 SORAGHAN, Liam 11/- X X X X X X X X X X X37 STARKS, Jeron 6/- X X X X X X – – – – –73 STARR, Andrew 11/2 X LT LT X X X X X X X X72 STECKLER, Jorda 11/11 RT RT RT RT RT RT RT RT RT RT RT92 TAYLOR, A.J. 1/- – – – – – – – X – – –97 TAYLOR, Demond 4/- X X X X – – – – – – –14 TEARS, Spencer 11/8 X WR WR WR WR X WR WR WR WR X7 TERRY, Marshe 11/6 X X S X S X LB LB LB X LB82 TEWES, Tristen 3/- – – – – – – X – – X X15 THOMAS, Dillon 10/2 X X X X X X – X X CB CB7 THOMPSON, Antho 2/- – – – – – – – X X – –87 THROWER, Max 3/- X – – – X X – – – – –9 TOURE, Mohamed 4/- – X X X X – – – – – –84 TRAVIS, Messiah 4/- – – – – – – X – X X X52 TRIEB, Tom 1/- – – – – – – – – X – –18 TUCKER, Cole 11/9 WR WR WR X X WR WR WR WR WR WR30 VALENTINE, Rahv 8/- X X X X X X X X – – –65 VELOZ, Nathan 11/3 X X X X LG X X X X LG LG26 WALKER, Antwain 3/2 – – – X CB CB – – – – –54 WARNER, Austin 10/- X X X X X X X X X X –77 WEBSTER, Cole 1/- – – – – – – – X – – –8 WILLIAMS, Mykel 11/10 S S X S S S S S S S S10 WYNNE, Quintin 9/9 DE DE – DE DE DE – DE DE DE DE76 ZSCHERNITZ, Log 4/2 – – – – – – – X X RG RG

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NIU FOOTBALL 2019 STARTERSOFFENSIVESTARTERSGAME-BY-GAME

Opponent QB TB TE TE WR WR WR LT LG C RG RTIllinois State Bowers Harbison Brinkman Crawford Robinson Tucker Cox Olson Perez Patton StecklerUtah Bowers Harbison Brinkman Richie Tears Tucker Starr Olson Perez Patton StecklerNebraska Bowers Harbison Lersch Richie Tears Tucker Starr Olson Perez Patton StecklerVanderbilt Bowers Harbison Brinkman Crawford Robinson Tears Cox Olson Perez Patton StecklerBall State Bowers Harbison Brinkman Crawford Richie Tears Cox Veloz Perez Patton StecklerOhio Bowers Harbison Crawford Richie Robinson Tucker Cox Olson Perez Patton StecklerMiami Bowers Harbison Brinkman Robinson Tears Tucker Cox Olson Perez Patton StecklerAkron Childers Harbison Brinkman Richie Tears Tucker Cox Olson Perez Patton StecklerC. Michigan Childers Harbison Brinkman Crawford Tears Tucker Cox Olson Perez Patton StecklerToledo Bowers Harbison Brinkman Crawford Tears Tucker Cox Veloz Patton Zschernitz StecklerE. Michigan Childers Harbinson Brinkman Crawford Richie Tucker Cox Veloz Patton Zschernitz StecklerW. Michigan

DEFENSIVESTARTERSGAME-BY-GAME

Opponent DE DT DT DE LB LB LB CB S S S CBIllinois State Lorbeck Kramer Heflin Wynne Jones-Davis Pugh Cole Aitken Foster Williams McKieUtah Lorbeck Kramer Heflin Wynne Jones-Davis Pugh Cole Haney Foster Williams McKieNebraska Lorbeck Kramer Heflin Jones-Davis Labus Cole Haney Foster Terry Buirge McKieVanderbilt Lorbeck Kramer Heflin Wynne Jones-Davis Labus Cole Haney Foster Williams McKieBall State Lorbeck Kramer Heflin Wynne Jones-Davis Labus Terry A. Walker Foster Williams McKieOhio Lorbeck Leroy Heflin Wynne Jones-Davis Labus Cole A. Walker Foster Williams McKieMiami Lorbeck Kramer Heflin Kelly (DT) Rattin Labus Haney Foster Williams Terry McKieAkron Lorbeck Kramer Heflin Wynne Rattin Labus Terry Haney Foster Williams McKieC. Michigan Lorbeck Kramer Heflin Wynne Rattin Labus Terry Haney Earl Williams McKieToledo Lorbeck Kramer Heflin Wynne Rattin Labus Cole Thomas Foster Williams McKieE. Michigan Lorbeck Kramer Leroy Wynne Rattin Terry Cole Thomas Foster Williams ThomasW. Michigan


NIU FOOTBALL 2019 SCORING DRIVESNIUScoringDrives

Opponent Plays Yds. Time Score Qtr./TimePlayIllinois State 9 73 4:34 3-0 1/4:19 Richardson 25 FGIllinois State 9 92 3:12 10-3 3/2:11 Richie 22 TDIllinois State 1 68 0:11 17-10 4/14:04 Richie 68 TDIllinois State 0 0 0:00 24-10 4/2:31 Mckie 32 TDUtah 12 88 6:53 7-0 1/3:18 Bowers 9 TDUtah 2 75 1:00 14-14 2/7:20 Tears 74 TDUtah 9 47 1:57 17-21 2/0:51 Richardson 46 FGNebraska 8 48 4:22 3-16 2/7:58 Richardson 45 FGNebraska 1 (4) 0:06 5-23 2/1:49 Cole 4 SNebraska 12 66 5:13 8-44 3/15:00 Richardson 27 FGVanderbilt 5 52 2:02 3-14 3/12:51 Richardson 39 FGVanderbilt 8 83 3:34 10-14 3/7:01 Brinkman 38 TDVanderbilt 6 75 2:02 18-24 4/11:44 Jones 1 TDBall State 3 24 1:06 7-0 1/13:45 Harbison 19 TDBall State 10 77 3:59 14-0 1/8:36 Harbison 28 TDBall State 7 60 2:48 17-3 2/7:09 Richardson 24 FGBall State 8 60 1:31 20-27 4/2:45 Richardson 38 FGOhio 0 0 0:00 7-0 1/12:53 Buirge 3 TDOhio 9 42 2:17 10-7 1/5:49 Richardson 51 FGOhio 3 92 1:25 16-21 3/9:44 Harbison 4 TDOhio 13 76 5:57 22-21 3/3:13 Harbison 1 TDOhio 6 63 2:45 29-21 4/12:08 Richie 30 TDOhio 9 75 3:10 36-29 4/5:15 Harbison 3 TDOhio 9 56 3:38 39-36 4/0:00 Richardson 37 FGMiami 11 69 5:17 3-0 1/0:08 Richardson 25 FGMiami 13 43 6:34 10-0 2/3:08 Childers 1 TDMiami 8 75 4:26 17-14 3/6:47 Childers 3 TDMiami 13 75 3:13 24-27 4/2:44 Tucker 10 TDAkron 14 74 7:02 7-0 1/6:08 Harbison 5 TDAkron 1 30 0:06 14-0 2/11:39 Harbison 30 TDAkron 6 38 3:35 21-0 2/5:44 Bostad 5 TDAkron 0 0 0:00 28-0 3/9:56 Foster 0 TDAkron 11 70 5:47 35-0 3/3:13 Brinkman 18 TDAkron 8 48 3:58 42-0 4/13:17 Lersch 3 TDAkron 0 0 0:00 49-0 4/9:43 Rattin 31 TDCMU 8 60 3:43 3-14 1/2:51 Richardson 33 FGCMU 3 75 1:12 10-24 2/10:48 Tears 9 TDToledo 7 75 3:09 7-7 1/2:35 Crawford 36 TDToledo 6 60 2:45 14-7 2/13:16 Childers 40 TDToledo 12 88 6:15 21-7 3/6:10 Harbison 1 TDToledo 8 65 3:37 28-7 3/1:00 Childers 1 TD Toledo 13 68 4:26 31-28 4/0:41 Richardson 25 FGEMU 10 65 5:08 14-7 2/6:33 Childers 8 TDEMU 8 49 2:58 21-10 3/8:39 Richardson 34 FGEMU 15 75 8:41 45-17 4/0:52 Crawford 9 TD

OpponentScoringDrives

Opponent Plays Yds. Time Score Qtr./TimePlayIllinois State 5 17 1:21 3-3 2/2:55 Fenlason 32 FGIllinois State 5 75 2:42 10-10 3/14:22 Grimes 42 TDUtah 5 60 1:34 7-7 1/13:41 Simpkins 13 TDUtah 7 70 3:16 14-7 2/8:20 Huntley 16 TDUtah 9 75 4:32 21-14 2/2:48 Moss 16 TDUtah 6 70 2:34 28-17 3/12:16 Moss 5 TDUtah 1 29 0:27 35-17 4/12:49 Dixon 14 TDNebraska 8 58 2:29 3-0 1/12:31 Armstrong 36 FGNebraska 1 21 0:07 10-0 1/6:22 Washington 21 TDNebraska 4 83 1:11 16-0 2/12:20 Washington 60 TDNebraska 4 50 0:39 23-3 2/7:19 Mills 24 TDNebraska 5 87 0:39 30-5 2/0:05 Noa 27 TDNebraska 7 48 2:42 37-8 3/3:00 Martinez 10 TDNebraska 9 42 2:28 44-8 4/4:04 Vedral 3 TDVanderbilt 4 80 1:35 7-0 1/13:25 Brooks 61 TDVanderbilt 5 31 2:49 14-0 1/8:57 Vaughn 1 TDVanderbilt 4 75 1:49 21-10 3/5:12 Lipscomb 38 TDVanderbilt 10 44 5:06 24-10 3/13:46 Rice 28 FGBall State 14 70 4:47 3-14 2/14:52 Rimmler 24 FGBall State 8 37 2:54 6-17 3/6:45 Rimmler 25 FGBall State 1 3 0:05 14-17 3/6:01 Huntley 3 TDBall State 4 1 1:19 17-17 3/0:26 Rimmler 42 FGBall State 1 45 0:09 24-17 4/14:34 Huntley 45 TDBall State 7 27 3:49 27-17 4/7:27 Rimmler 22 FGOhio 9 75 4:47 7-7 1/8:06 Rourke 8 TDOhio 13 59 5:39 14-10 2/12:14 Rourke 2 TDOhio 6 30 3:14 21-10 2/3:36 Pleasants 2 TDOhio 8 73 3:37 29-29 4/8:25 Luehrman 8 TDOhio 4 76 1:32 36-36 4/3:38 Hooks 47 TDMiami 10 75 2:32 7-10 2/0:36 Bester 1 TDMiami 8 90 3:41 14-10 3/11:13 Maye 45 TDMiami 9 62 3:11 21-17 3/3:29 Bester 1 TDMiami 7 49 2:52 24-17 4/14:21 Sloman 34 FGMiami 8 51 2:32 27-17 4/5:57 Sloman 37 FGCMU 7 61 2:48 7-0 1/10:37 Pimpleton 14 TDCMU 6 78 2:02 14-0 1/6:34 Lazzaro 3 TDCMU 5 75 2:00 21-3 1/0:51 Lewis 16 TDCMU 6 22 2:55 24-3 2/12:00 Tice 32 FGCMU 6 77 2:30 31-10 2/4:59 Poljan 39 TDCMU 8 66 2:26 38-10 2/0:49 Scott 16 TDCMU 9 53 4:32 45-10 4/14:20 Ward 3 TDCMU 7 14 3:56 48-10 4/10:13 Tice 31 FGToledo 7 59 2:52 0-7 1/5:44 Maddox 4 TD Toledo 8 70 2:01 28-14 4/13:55 Mitchell 34 TD Toledo 2 17 0:37 28-21 4/12:23 Mitchell 13 TD Toledo 10 91 3:38 28-28 4/5:07 Jones 7 TDEMU 8 62 4:16 7-0 1/6:56 Glass 1 TD EMU 7 86 3:09 14-0 2/11:41 Jackson 36 TDEMU 9 75 3:23 21-7 3/11:37 Vann 8 TDEMU 2 75 0:22 28-10 3/8:17 Latu 36 TDEMU 5 29 2:16 31-10 3/2:05 Ryland 27 FGEMU 1 22 0:05 38-10 3/0:11 Jackson 22 TDEMU 7 33 4:00 45-10 4/9:33 Grissom 3 TD


NIU FOOTBALL 2019 TEAM GAME-BY-GAME STATS ---1st Downs--- Rushing -------Passing------- Total Off. Punts Fum Penalties 3rd Time ofGame Score Total R-P-Pen No-Yds-TD C-A-I Yds TD Pl-Yds No-Avg No-L No-Yds Downs Poss(8-31) NIU 24 17 4-12-1 35-90-0 20-33-1 299 2 68-389 8-44.5 0-0 8-86 3-of-15 31:45vs. Illinois State 10 14 2-8-4 28-51-0 14-32-1 187 1 60-238 9-43.8 1-1 4-36 1-of-14 26:46

(9-7) NIU 17 14 4-10-0 25-67-1 21-31-1 235 1 56-302 6-42.8 1-0 6-50 2-of-12 30:26at Utah 35 19 10-8-1 37-193-4 14-19-0 214 1 56-407 4-45.2 0-0 1-10 5-of-11 29:34

(9-14) NIU 8 20 4-15-1 32-74-0 28-49-1 276 0 81-350 7-38.6 1-1 4-40 5-of-20 37:58at Nebraska 44 22 9-12-1 33-238-4 19-32-0 287 2 65-525 3-45.3 2-1 1-15 6-of-13 22:02

(9-28) NIU 18 20 9-8-3 31-108-1 17-32-0 280 1 63-388 8-38.1 1-0 9-74 4-of-13 31:25at Vanderbilt 24 16 10-5-1 26-184-2 21-28-0 189 1 54-373 6-46.7 1-0 9-97 3-of-11 28:35

(10-5) NIU 20 18 6-12-0 31-147-2 21-43-1 241 0 74-388 7-39.3 4-2 12-111 4-of-15 27:58vs. Ball State 27 20 12-2-6 60-235-2 4-14-1 34 0 74-269 7-40.4 3-1 4-35 3-of-15 32:02

(10-12) NIU 39 22 6-15-1 31-169-3 24-40-1 341 1 71-510 2-41.0 1-0 3-11 10-of-16 28:55at Ohio 36 24 10-12-2 34-178-2 20-33-0 260 3 67-438 5-34.8 0-0 6-70 6-of-12 31:05

(10-19) NIU 24 22 10-9-3 43-115-2 21-35-0 235 1 78-350 5-41.8 0-0 1-5 7-of-16 34:56at Miami (Ohio) 27 14 3-11-0 36-71-2 15-28-0 273 1 64-344 5-43.6 1-0 5-33 7-of-17 25:04 (10-26) NIU 49 21 15-4-2 62-274-2 7-9-0 71 3 71-345 5-40.2 2-1 4-30 7-of-14 39:25vs. Akron 0 7 6-1-0 25-94-0 7-26-2 51 0 51-145 8-39.1 6-1 7-62 2-of-12 20:35

(11-2) NIU 10 13 2-10-1 25-22-0 19-31-3 229 1 56-251 7-45.0 2-1 1-5 1-of-12 25:59at Central Michigan 48 24 13-11-0 50-327-3 18-25-0 288 3 75-615 1-33.0 0-0 5-53 8-of-15 34:01

(11-13) NIU 31 24 10-11-3 44-232-3 18-29-0 212 1 73-444 4-40.8 1-0 3-24 7-of-15 32:44at Toledo 28 24 9-15-0 38-208-1 26-38-0 300 3 76-508 2-45.0 4-2 7-60 4-of-13 27:16

(11-19) NIU 17 21 13-7-1 48-238-1 12-26-3 99 1 74-337 4-41.0 1-1 7-63 6-of-16 35:43vs. Eastern Michigan 45 24 10-10-4 30-193-3 20-24-0 235 3 54-428 2-53.0 1-1 4-45 4-of-7 24:17

(11-26) NIU vs. Western Michigan

— NIU in the 2019 NCAA and MAC Rankings — TEAM CATEGORY Average/No. NCAA MACTotal Offense 368.5 97 8Rushing Offense 139.6 96 10Passing Offense 228.9 72 5Passing Efficiency 122.10 98 8Completion Percentage .581 86 7Scoring Offense 23.4 102 10First Downs Offense 212 71 8Red Zone Offense .900 28 2Total Defense 390.0 63 4Rushing Defense 179.3 89 5Pass Efficiency Defense 141.84 74 3Passing Yards Allowed 210.7 48 5Scoring Defense 29.5 81 6Red Zone Defense .841 76 6First Downs Defense 208 63 2Net Punting 38.52 60 3Punt Returns 5.83 94 8Punt Return Defense 7.22 64 5 Kickoff Returns 11.75 130 12Kickoff Return Defense 24.11 115 12Turnover Margin -0.55 108 8Turnovers Gained 11 105 9Turnovers Lost 17 93 3Passes Had Intercepted 11 106 10Passes Intercepted 4 116 10Fumbles Lost 6 43 3Fumbles Recovered 7 45 8

TEAM CATEGORY Avg./No. NCAA MACSacks 1.09 124 11Tackles for Loss 4.9 106 9Sacks Allowed 2.00 70 7Tackles for Loss Allowed 6.18 80 7Fewest Penalties/Game 5.27 25 2Fewest Penalty Yards/Game 45.36 25 2Third Down Conversion Pct. .341 112 10Third Down Conv. Pct. Defense .350 38 3Fourth Down Conversion Pct. .524 69 6Fourth Down Conv. Pct. Defense .400 23 3Time of Possession 32:36 21 2

INDIVIDUAL (Top 55) Avg./No. NCAA MACRoss Bowers, Completions/Game 18.44 47 4Ross Bowers, Passing Yards/Game 236.7 41 4Ross Bowers, Passing Yards 2,130 55 5Ross Bowers, Passing Yards/Completion 12.83 38 4Adam Buirge, Punt Return TDs 1 1 1Tre Harbison, Rushing TDs 8 54 9Tre Harbison, Rushing Yards 1,021 19 4Tre Harbison, Rushing Yards/Game 92.8 33 6Marshé Terry, Fumbles Recovered 3 4 1Trayshon Foster, Fumbles Recovered 2 16 5Jalen McKie, Blocked Kicks 2 1 1Jack Heflin, Forced Fumbles 0.30 8 1John Richardson, Field Goals/Game 1.18 55 5John Richardson, Field Goal Pct. .765 54 3Matt Ference, Punting 42.1 55 4


RUSHINGNo-Yds-TD Ill. St Utah Neb Vandy Ball St Ohio Miami Akron CMU Toledo EMU WMUBowers, Ross 5-(-10)-0 7-(-5)-1 4-(-12)-0 4-(-32) 4-(-10)-0 3-(-17)-0 3-4-0 DNP 3-(-26)-0 1-(-3)-0 DNPChilders, Marcus DNP 1-2-0 2-4-0 DNP DNP 2-75-0 9-27-2 9-36-0 7-19-0 5-57-2 13-92-1Gregory, Rondarius DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP 2-7-0 DNP DNP DNPHarbison, Tre 23-99-0 6-32-0 12-31-0 13-62-0 22-146-2 25-113-3 26-83-0 31-158-2 10-17-0 32-168-1 30-112-0Jones, Marcus 2-2-0 1-1-0 0-0-0 2-3-1 1-4-0 0-0-0 1-3-0 1-0-0 2-3-0 1-1-0 4-28-0Nettles, Jordan 2-2-0 10-37-0 9-43-0 10-64-0 2-(-5)-0 1-(-2)-0 3-0-0 12-71-0 2-6-0 3-13-0 1-6-0Richie, Tyrice 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-18-0 1-13-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-5-0 0-0-0Tears, Spencer 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-6-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0Valentine, Rahveon 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-9-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 4-17-0 DNP DNP DNP

RECEIVINGNo-Yds-TD Ill. St Utah Neb Vandy Ball St Ohio Miami Akron CMU Toledo EMU WMUBostad, Brett 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-5-1 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0Brinkman, Mitchell 4-51-0 3-16-0 3-25-0 2-45-1 4-47-0 5-100-0 3-40-0 2-36-1 2-33-0 1-11-0 4-34-0Crawford, Daniel 3-75-0 3-49-0 5-71-0 3-36-0 5-85-0 5-21-0 3-9-0 0-0-0 3-18-0 3-46-1 2-22-1Harbison, Tre 1-11-0 1-(-3)-0 1-3-0 1-1-0 1-2-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-33-0 0-0-0Jones, Marcus 2-14-0 0-0-0 2-18-0 3-34-0 1-3-0 1-17-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 4-25-0 1-23-0 0-0-0Lersch, Corey 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-26-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-3-1 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0Love, Michael 0-0-0 2-5-0 1-(-1)-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-16-0 3-60-0 2-18-0 2-10-0 0-0-0 0-0-0Nettles, Jordan 0-0-0 1-(-3)-0 1-10-0 1-(-7)-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-8-0 0-0-0Richie, Tyrice 3-102-2 5-42-0 3-31-0 1-18-0 5-30-0 2-44-1 DNP 1-9-0 2-6-0 6-54-0 3-8-0Robinson, Dennis 2-12-0 0-0-0 2-8-0 1-10-0 0-0-0 1-25-0 2-11-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNPTears, Spencer 1-(-3)-0 5-112-1 3-32-0 3-100-0 1-5-0 0-0-0 4-33-0 0-0-0 3-62-1 0-0-0 2-24-0Thrower, Max 1-8-0 DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNPTucker, Cole 3-29-0 1-17-0 5-50-0 2-43-0 4-69-0 8-118-0 6-82-1 0-0-0 3-75-0 5-37-0 1-11-0Valentine, Rahveon 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-3-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP

PASSING (Comp.-Att.-INT, Yards; TD) PUNT RETURNS (No.-Yards, Long; TD) Game Ross Bowers Marcus Childers Cole Tucker Illinois State 20-33-1, 299; 2 DNP 2-12, 8; 0 Utah 20-29-1, 229; 1 1-2-0, 6; 0 0-0, 0; 0 Nebraska 25-44-1, 248; 0 3-5-0, 28; 0 2-5, 4; 0 Vanderbilt 17-32-0, 280; 1 DNP 2-(-6), 0; 0 Ball State 21-43-1, 241; 0 DNP 2-9, 5; 0 Ohio 23-39-1, 338; 1 1-1-0, 3; 0 0-0, 0;0 Miami 7-12-0, 91; 0 14-23-0, 144; 1 1-4, 4; 1 Akron DNP 7-9-0, 71; 3 2-23, 13; 0 Central Michigan 18-29-3, 221; 1 1-2-0, 8; 0 0-0, 0; 0 Toledo 15-26-0, 183; 1 3-3-0, 29; 0 0-0, 0; 0 Eastern Michigan DNP 12-26-3, 99; 1 0-0, 0; 0 Western Michigan

PUNTING (No.-Average, Inside 20; Long) KICKOFF RETURNS (No.-Yards, Long; TD) Game Ference Bowers Marcus Jones Illinois State 9-44.5, 3; 51 0-0.0 2-42, 27; 0 Utah 6-42.8, 1; 56 0-0.0 0-0, 0; 0Nebraska 4-45.2, 1; 57 2-44.5, 2; 46 2-26, 17; 0Vanderbilt 7-37.9, 2; 44 1-40.0, 1; 40 1-22, 22; 0Ball State 7-39.3, 2; 49 0-0.0 2-15, 15; 0Ohio 2-41.0, 1; 50 0-0.0 0-0, 0; 0 Miami 5-41.8, 2; 56 0-0.0 0-0, 0; 0Akron 5-40.2, 1; 50 0-0.0 0-0, 0; 0Central Michigan 7-45.0, 1; 53 0-0.0 0-0, 0; 0Toledo 3-45.0, 0; 51 1-28.0, 1; 28 0-0, 0; 0Eastern Michigan 4-41.0, 1; 50 DNP 0-0, 0; 0Western Michigan

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DEFENSESolo-Asst.-Total IllSt. Utah Neb Vandy BallSt Ohio Miami Akron CMU Toledo EMU WMUAitken, Mark 5-0-5, PBU DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNPBuirge, Adam 1-0-1 1-0-1 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 3-2-5 1-0-1 1-1-2 0-0-0 FFCole, Jordan 3-0-3 1-3-4 6-3-9 1-2-3 1-1-2 0-0-0 DNP DNP 3-1-4 3-1-4 2-1-3 SAF, 2.5TFL TFL PBU, .5TFLDenton, Jawon 0-1-1 0-1-1 1-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNPEarl, Joshua DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-0-2 0-0-0 1-0-1Ester, James DNP DNP 1-0-1 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 1-0-1, TFLFoster, Trayshon 1-2-3 0-4-4 0-0-0 1-4-5 3-6-9 2-2-4 4-1-5 1-0-1 4-5-9 0-3-3 2-0-2 .5TFL .5TFL 0.5TFL, 2PBU FR-TD FR, PBU TFLGay, Rayshawn DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 2-1-3 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0Griffin, Jeffrey 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-2-2 DNP 1-1-2 0-0-0 1-0-1 DNP 1-0-1Haney, Devin 0-0-0 6-3-9 1-1-2 1-0-1 0-0-0 1-0-1 3-0-3 3-1-4 2-1-3 DNP DNP PBU INTHarman, Nathan 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-1-1 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0Heflin, Jack 1-3-4 0-1-1 1-1-2 1-3-4 3-2-5 0-1-1 1-2-3 0-0-0 1-1-2 4-2-6 DNP 1.5TFL FF 1.5TFL TFL, FF, QS 1.5TFL QS, 1.5TFL, FFHogans, Cortez DNP 0-1-1 0-1-1 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Jones-Davis, Antonio 2-2-4 2-5-7 5-0-5 4-2-6 9-8-17 7-5-12 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP TFL .5TFL, PBU TFL, BK-FG TFL TFL, QS, INT TFL, QSKelly, Marcus 1-0-1 1-0-1 0-0-0 2-0-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 1-3-4 0-3-3 0-0-0 , TFL QS, TFL .5TFL 0.5TFLKennedy, Michael 0-0-0 0-1-1 2-0-2 1-0-1 1-0-1 0-0-0 DNP 2-2-4 DNP DNP DNP TFL PBU QS, TFLKramer, Weston 0-3-3 1-1-2 2-0-2 0-1-1 2-0-2 0-3-3 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-4-4 1-0-1 2-0-2 .5TFL .5TFL .5TFL .5TFL .5TFLLabus, Vinny 0-0-0 0-1-1 1-3-4 4-1-5 4-4-8 3-4-7 4-3-7 1-2-3 3-7-10 3-8-11 1-2-3 .5TFL FR TFL, QS TFL, QS TFL 1.5TFLLeRoy, Ben 0-2-2 1-0-1 DNP DNP 1-5-6 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-3-3 3-4-7 0-0-0 .5TFLLorbeck, Matt 1-2-3 2-2-4 1-1-2 0-1-1 3-3-6 2-2-4 1-4-5 1-1-2 0-1-1 0-1-1 2-1-3 TFL FF, .5TFL .5TFL .5TFL TFL,QS,PBUMarch, Zhamaine 0-0-0 0-1-1 3-1-4 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNPMattox, Cam 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 1-1-2 1-2-3 1-1-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP QS, TFLMcKie, Jalen 2-2-4 1-3-4 1-0-1 5-2-7 4-1-5, 5-2-7 1-1-2 0-0-0 2-1-3 1-2-3 4-0-4 TFL, INT-TD PBU 2PBU, 2BK PBU PBU PBU PBU TFL, PBUParker, Kewan 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNPPugh, Kyle 3-2-5 1-3-4 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 1.5TFL 1.5TFL Rattin, Nick 0-0-0 0-1-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 5-3-8 3-2-5 6-4-10 3-3-6 1-0-1 PBU INT-TDSmith, Trequan 0-1-1 0-1-1 1-1-2 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNPTaylor, A.J. DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-1-1 DNP DNP DNPTaylor, Demond 0-0-0 0-2-2 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP .5TFLTerry, Marshé 3-0-3, FR 1-4-5 2-3-5 0-0-0 2-2-4 0-0-0 1-3-4 1-0-1 2-4-6 1-1-2 3-1-4 .5TFL FR .5TFL FR Thomas, Dillon 0-0-0 0-1-1 1-0-1 0-0-0 1-0-1 2-2-4 0-0-0 1-0-1 3-2-5 9-3-12 DNP 2PBU 2PBUWalker, Antwain 0-0-0 DNP DNP 3-3-6 3-2-5 0-0-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP FF PBUWilliams, Mykelti 2-1-3 3-1-4 3-2-5 3-5-8 2-6-8 6-8-14 7-3-10 0-3-3 7-5-12 7-3-10 5-0-5 FF PBU, 2TFL 0.5TFL TFL .5TFLWynne, Quintin 1-1-2 4-0-4 DNP 0-0-0 0-1-1 2-0-2 DNP 0-0-0 1-3-4 2-0-2 3-0-3 QS, TFL TFL TFL .5TFL QS,TFL,QBH

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RECORDED A SHUTOUT – 49-0 vs. Akron (10-26-19)HAD AT LEAST 25 FIRST DOWNS – 34 vs. Akron (11-1-18)HAD AT LEAST 30 FIRST DOWNS – 34 vs. Akron (11-1-18)HAD AT LEAST 35 FIRST DOWNS – 35 vs. Ball State (10-10-15)HAD AT LEAST 40 FIRST DOWNS – 43 vs. Ball State (11-15-11)SCORED 40 OR MORE POINTS – 49 vs. Akron (10-26-19) SCORED 45 OR MORE POINTS – 49 vs. Akron (10-26-19) SCORED 50 OR MORE POINTS – 63 vs. Ball State (11-9-17) SCORED 60 OR MORE POINTS – 63 vs. Ball State (11-9-17)SCORED A SAFETY – at Nebraska on Jordan Cole tackle of RB in end zone (9-14-19)SCORED TWO OR MORE DEFENSIVE TOUCHDOWNS - 2 (Fumble Recovery in End Zone; INT Return) vs. Akron (10-26-19)GAINED 200 OR LESS YARDS OF TOTAL OFFENSE – 33 vs. Boise State, Poinsettia Bowl (12-23-15)GAINED 500 OR MORE YARDS OF TOTAL OFFENSE – 510 at Ohio (10-12-19)GAINED 600 OR MORE YARDS OF TOTAL OFFENSE – 653 at Ball State (10-1-16)GAINED 100 OR LESS YARDS RUSHING – 22 at Central Michigan (11-2-19)GAINED 300 OR MORE YARDS RUSHING – 338 at Bowling Green (10-21-17)GAINED 400 OR MORE YARDS RUSHING – 433 vs. Miami (10-18-14)THREW FOR LESS THAN 100 YARDS – 99 vs. Eastern Michigan (11-19-19)DID NOT COMMIT A TURNOVER – at Toledo (11-13-19)HAD A SUCCESSFUL ON-SIDE KICK – vs. Marshall, Boca Raton Bowl - Tyler Wedel kick/Jamaal Payton recovery (12-23-14)HAD 40 MINUTES TIME OF POSSESSION – at Purdue, 41:40 (9-19-09)HELD OPPONENT TO 100 YARDS OR LESS RUSHING – 94 yards vs. Akron (10-26-19)HELD OPPONENT TO 50 YARDS OR LESS RUSHING – 35 yards vs. Akron (11-1-18)HELD OPPONENT TO NEGATIVE YARDS RUSHING – (-11) at Miami (10-24-09)HELD OPPONENT TO 100 YARDS OR LESS PASSING – 51 yards vs. Akron (10-26-19)HELD OPPONENT TO 200 YARDS OR LESS TOTAL OFFENSE – 145 vs. Akron (10-26-19)HELD OPPONENT TO 150 YARDS OR LESS TOTAL OFFENSE – 145 vs. Akron (10-26-19)HELD OPPONENT TO 100 YARDS OR LESS TOTAL OFFENSE – 64 vs. Kent State (10-8-11)HELD AN OPPONENT WITHOUT A TOUCHDOWN – vs. Akron (10-26-19)WAS INVOLVED IN AN OVERTIME GAME – W, 26-23, 3OT vs. Eastern Michigan (9-29-18)

HAD 35 MINUTES OF POSSESSION – 35:05, Buffalo, MAC Championship (11-30-18)RETURNED A KICKOFF FOR A TOUCHDOWN – 96 yards, Juwan Washington of San Diego State (9-30-17)RETURNED A PUNT FOR A TOUCHDOWN – 91 yards, LaVon Brazill of Ohio (11-21-09)RETURNED AN INTERCEPTION FOR A TOUCHDOWN – 28 yards, Ja’don Rucker-Furlow of Miami (OH) (11-14-18)RETURNED A FUMBLE FOR A TOUCHDOWN – 60 yards, Dylan Boone of Murray State (9-12-15)SCORED A SAFETY – Iowa (9-1-18), tackled ballcarrier (Jordan Nettles) in end zoneBLOCKED A PUNT – Isaiah Stalbird of Nebraska (9-14-18)BLOCKED A PUNT FOR A TOUCHDOWN – Mathew Sexton (block) / Jaron Johnson (recovered ball in end zone) of Eastern Michigan (10-26-17)BLOCKED A FIELD GOAL – Levi Watson of Eastern Illinois (9-9-17)BLOCKED A PAT KICK – Elijah Daniel of Murray State (9-12-15)MISSED A PAT KICK (not blocked) – Alex McNulty of Buffalo, MAC Championship (11-30-18)SHUT OUT THE HUSKIES – Navy 16, NIU 0 (11-25-08)SHUT OUT THE HUSKIES FOR A HALF – 2nd, Central Michigan (11-2-19)PASSED FOR 300 OR MORE YARDS – 300, Eli Peters of Toledo (11-13-19)PASSED FOR 400 OR MORE YARDS – 450, Jimmy Garoppolo of Eastern Illinois (9-21-13)RUSHED FOR 100 OR MORE YARDS – 101, Shaq Vann of Eastern Michigan (11-19-19)RUSHED FOR 200 OR MORE YARDS – 220, Donnel Pumphrey of San Diego State (9-17-16)HAD A RUSH OF 60 YARDS OR LONGER – 75, Kobe Lewis of Central Michigan (11-2-19)TWO OR MORE PLAYERS RUSHED FOR 100 YARDS – 143, Kobe Lewis and 138, Jonathan Ward of Central Michigan (11-2-19)HAD 10 OR MORE RECEPTIONS – 10, Diontae Johnson of Toledo (11-2-17) HAD 100 OR MORE RECEIVING YARDS – 125, Bryce Mitchell of Toledo (11-13-19)HAD 200 OR MORE RECEIVING YARDS – 227, Xavier Ubosi of UAB, Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl (12-18-18)

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RETURNED THE OPENING KICKOFF FOR A TD – Aregeros Turner (97 yards) vs. Buffalo (10-22-16)RETURNED A KICKOFF FOR A TOUCHDOWN – Aregeros Turner (97 yards) vs. Buffalo (10-22-16)RETURNED A PUNT FOR A TOUCHDOWN (NOT BLOCKED) – Perez Ashford (44 yards) at Miami (10-24-09)RETURNED AN INTERCEPTION FOR A TOUCHDOWN – Nick Rattin (31 yards) vs. Akron (10-26-19)RETURNED A FUMBLE FOR A TOUCHDOWN – Sutton Smith (85 yards) vs. Western Michigan (11-20-18); Trayshon Foster (0 yards) vs. Akron (10-26-19) - fumble recovery in end zone SCORED A SAFETY – Jordan Cole (tackled RB in end zone) at Nebraska (9-14-19)A NON-QB THREW A TOUCHDOWN PASS – Tommylee Lewis (17 yards to Jordan Lynch) vs. Eastern Michigan (10-26-13)A NON-QB COMPLETED A PASS - WR D.J. Brown (5 yards to QB Marcus Childers) at Iowa (9-1-18)BLOCKED A PUNT – Corey Lersch at Ohio (10-12-19)BLOCKED TWO PUNTS IN A GAME – Jordan Delegal (2) at Ball State (11-20-10)BLOCKED A PUNT FOR A TOUCHDOWN – Corey Lersch blocked; Adam Buirge scored on a three-yard return at Ohio (10-12-19)BLOCKED A FIELD GOAL – Antonio Jones-Davis at Nebraska (9-14-19) and Jalen McKie at Nebraska (9-14-19)BLOCKED A PAT KICK – Jalen McKie at Nebraska (9-14-19)CONVERTED A FAKE FG FOR A TOUCHDOWN – Mathew Sims (7-yard rush) vs. Central Michigan (9-29-12)MISSED A PAT KICK (not blocked) – Christian Hagan at Wyoming (9-3-16)CONVERTED A TWO-POINT ATTEMPT – Mitchell Brinkman pass from Ross Bowers vs. Vanderbilt (9-28-19)FAILED TO CONVERT A TWO-POINT ATTEMPT - Ross Bowers, twice (incomplete passes) at Ohio (10-12-19)PASSED FOR 300 OR MORE YARDS – Ross Bowers (338) at Ohio (10-12-19)PASSED FOR 400 OR MORE YARDS – Jordan Lynch (407) vs. Toledo (11-14-12)THREW FOUR OR MORE TD PASSES IN A GAME - Marcus Childers (4) vs. Buffalo, MAC Championships (11-30-18)THREW FIVE OR MORE TD PASSES IN A GAME – Chandler Harnish (6) at Toledo (11-1-11)COMPLETED A 60-YARD PASS – Ross Bowers (74) to Spencer Tears (TD) vs. Utah (9-7-19)COMPLETED A 70-YARD PASS – Ross Bowers (74) to Spencer Tears (TD) vs. Utah (9-7-19)COMPLETED AN 80-YARD PASS – Daniel Santacaterina (81 yards) to Spencer Tears at San Diego State (9-30-17)RUSHED FOR 100 OR MORE YARDS – Tre Harbison (112) vs. Eastern Michigan (11-19-19) RUSHED FOR 200 OR MORE YARDS – Jordan Lynch (321) vs. Western Michigan (11-26-13) - Set NCAA QB RECORDRUSHED FOR 300 OR MORE YARDS – Jordan Lynch (321) vs. Western Michigan (11-26-13) - Set NCAA QB RECORDHAD A RUSH OF 60 YARDS OR LONGER – Marcus Childers (70) at Ohio (10-12-19)HAD A RUSH OF 70 YARDS OR LONGER – Marcus Childers (70) at Ohio (10-12-19)HAD A RUSH OF 80 YARDS OR LONGER – Jordan Huff (87) vs. Western Michigan (11-18-15)RUSHED FOR 100 YARDS OR MORE IN CONSECUTIVE GAMES – Tre Harbison, 2 games (11-13-19 at Toledo, 11-19-19 vs. EMU)RUSHED FOR FOUR OR MORE TOUCHDOWNS IN A GAME – Joel Bouagnon (5) vs. Bowling Green (11-1-16)RUSHED FOR TWO OR MORE TDS IN CONSECUTIVE GAMES – Tre Harbison vs. Ball State (2), Ohio (3) - (10-5-19 to 10-12-19)TWO PLAYERS RUSHED FOR 100 YARDS IN THE SAME GAME – Tre Harbison (139) and Marcus Jones (103) vs. Toledo (11-7-18) QB RUSHED FOR 150 YARDS OR MORE – Marcus Childers (169) vs. Ohio (10-13-18)HAD 10 OR MORE RECEPTIONS – Christian Blake (13) at San Diego State (9-30-17)HAD 100 OR MORE RECEIVING YARDS – Cole Tucker (118) at Ohio (10-12-19)HAD 200 OR MORE RECEIVING YARDS – Kenny Golladay (213) vs. UNLV (9-5-15)CAUGHT TWO OR MORE TOUCHDOWN PASSES IN A GAME – Tyrice Richie (2) vs. Illinois State (8-31-19)CAUGHT THREE OR MORE TOUCHDOWN PASSES IN A GAME – Nathan Palmer (3) at Toledo (11-1-11)HAD 200 RUSHING AND 200 PASSING YARDS IN A GAME – Chandler Harnish (229 rushing/203 passing) vs. Western Michigan (10-15-11)HAD 100 RUSHING AND 100 RECEIVING YARDS IN A GAME – Garrett Wolfe (171 rushing/114 receiving) at Ohio State (9-2-06)SCORED THREE OR MORE TOUCHDOWNS IN A GAME – Tre Harbison (3 rushing) at Ohio (10-12-19)HAD TWO OR MORE INTERCEPTIONS IN A GAME – Jalen McKie (2) at Akron (11-1-18)SCORED A RUSHING AND RECEIVING TD IN A GAME – Jordan Huff (1 rush, 1 receiving) vs. Ball State (11-9-17)KICKED A FG OF 50 OR MORE YARDS – 51 yards, John Richardson at Ohio (10-12-19)SCORED 15 OR MORE POINTS KICKING – 16, Mathew Sims (16) vs. Kent State (10-8-11)KICKED FOUR OR MORE FIELD GOALS IN A GAME – Christian Hagan (4) at Toledo (11-3-15)

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OPPONENTS

HIGH LOWPoints, Game 49, vs. Akron (10-26) 8, at Nebraska (9-14)Points, Half 29 (2nd), at Ohio (10-12) 0 (2nd), at Utah (9-7) and (1st) at VandyPoints, Quarter 17 (4th), at Ohio (10-12) 0 12x; Last: 1st vs EMU (11-19)First Downs 24, at Toledo (11-13) 13, at CMU (11-2)Rushing Yards 274, vs. Akron (10-26) 22, at CMU (11-2)Rushing Attempts 62, vs. Akron (10-26) 25, at Utah (9-7), at CMU (11-2)Passing Yards 341, at Ohio (10-12) 71, vs. Akron (10-26)Pass Attempts 49, at Nebraska (9-14) 9, vs. Akron (10-26)Pass Completions 28, at Nebraska (9-14) 7, vs. Akron (10-26)Total Offensive Plays 81, at Nebraska (9-14) 56, at Utah (9-7), at CMU (11-2)Total Offense Yards 510, at Ohio (10-12) 251, at CMU (11-2)Punts 8, vs. Illinois State (8-31), at Vanderbilt (9-28) 2, at Ohio (10-12)Penalties 12, vs. Ball State (10-5) 1, at Miami (10-19), at CMU (11-2)Turnovers Lost 4, at CMU (11-2), vs. EMU (11-19) 0 (3x), last: at Toledo (11-13)Sacks (By Defense) 2 (5x), last: at Toledo (11-13) 0 (4x), last: vs. Eastern Michigan (11-19)Time of Possession 39:25, vs. Akron (10-26) 25:59, at CMU (11-2)

HIGH LOWPoints, Game 48, by CMU (11-2) 0, by Akron (10-26)Points, Half 38 (1st), by CMU (11-2) 0 (1st), by Akron (10-26)Points, Quarter 24 (3rd), by EMU (11-19) 0 (15x), last: 3rd by Toledo (11-15)First Downs 24 (4x); last by EMU (11-19) 7, by Akron (10-26)Rushing Yards 327, by CMU (11-2) 51, by Illinois State (8-31)Rushing Attempts 60, by Ball State (10-5) 25, by Akron (10-26)Passing Yards 300, by Toledo (11-13) 34, by Ball State (10-5)Pass Attempts 38, by Toledo (11-13) 14, by Ball State (10-5) Pass Completions 26, by Toledo (11-13) 4, by Ball State (10-5)Total Offensive Plays 76, by Toledo (11-13) 51, by Akron (10-26)Total Offense Yards 615, by CMU (11-2) 145, by Akron (10-26)Punts 9, by Illinois State (8-31) 1, by CMU (11-2)Penalties 9, by Vanderbilt (9-28) 1, by Nebraska (9-14), by Utah (9-7)Turnovers Lost 3, by Akron (10-26), by CMU (11-2) 0 (5x), last: by CMU (11-2)Sacks (By Defense) 4, by Utah (9-7) 0, by Toledo (11-13)Time of Possession 34:01, by CMU (11-2) 20:35, by Akron (10-26)


NIU FOOTBALL 2019 INDIVIDUAL SUPERLATIVES

NIU OPPONENTSRushing Attempts: 35, Caleb Huntley, Ball State (10-5)Rushing Yards: 157, Caleb Huntley, Ball State (10-5)Long TD Run: 75 yards, Kobe Lewis, CMU (11-2)Non-Scoring Run: 39 yards, Ke’Shawn Vaughn, Vandy (9-28)

Passes Attempted: 38, Eli Peters, Toledo (11-13)Passes Completed: 26, Eli Peters, Toledo (11-13)Passes Had Intercepted: 1(4x), last: Robbie Kelley, Akron (10-26)Completion Percentage: .830 (20-24), Mike Glass, EMU (11-19) Passing Yards: 300, Eli Peters, Toledo (11-13)TD Passes: 3, Mike Glass, EMU (11-19) 3, Eli Peters, Toledo (11-13) 3, Quinten Dormady, CMU (11-2)Long TD Pass: 47 yards, Nathan Rourke, Ohio (10-12)Non-Scoring Pass: 41, Adrian Martinez, Nebraska (9-14)

Receptions: 7, Shane Hooks, Ohio (10-12) 7, Jalen Walker, Miami (10-19) 7, D. McKinley-Lewis, Toledo (11-13)Receiving Yards: 138, Jalen Walker, Miami (10-19)Receiving TDs: 2, Bryce Mitchell, Toledo (11-13) 2, Arthur Jackson, EMU (11-19)

Punt Returns: 2 (6x); Last: Dylan Drummond, EMU (11-19)Punt Return Yards: 24, Justice Shelton-Mosley, Vandy (9-28)Punt Return, Long: 22, Justice Shelton-Mosley, Vandy (9-28)

Kickoff Returns: 7, Patrick Lecorre, Ball State (10-5)Kickoff Return Yards: 137, DL Knock, Ohio (10-12)Kickoff Return, Long: 86, Maurice Thomas, Miami (10-19)

Total Plays: 44, Eli Peters, Toledo (11-13)Total Offensive Yards: 338, Nathan Rourke, Ohio (10-12)

All-Purpose Attempts: 35, Caleb Huntley, Ball State (10-5) All-Purpose Yards: 157, Caleb Huntley, Ball State (10-5)

Points: 13, Ryan Rimmler, Ball State (10-5)Touchdowns: 2 (6x), last: Arthur Jackson, EMU (11-19)Points Kicking: 13, Ryan Rimmler, Ball State (10-5)

Field Goals Attempted: 5 (3x); Last: Ryan Tice, CMU (11-2)Field Goals Made: 4, Ryan Rimmler, Ball State (10-5)Longest Field Goal Attempt: 52, Ryan Rimmler, Ball State (10-5)Longest Field Goal Made: 42, Ryan Rimmler, Ball State (10-5)

Punts: 9, JT Bohlken, Illinois State (8-31)Best Punting Average: 46.7, Harrison Smith, Vandy (9-28)Longest Punt: 67, JT Bohlken, Illinois State (8-31)

Tackles: 15, John Lako, Akron (10-26)Tackles for Loss: 3.0 (3x); Last: LaQuan Johnson, CMU (11-2)Sacks: 3.0, Bradlee Anae, Utah (9-7)

Interceptions: 2, Brody Hoying, EMU (11-19)INT Return, Long: 48, Brody Hoying, EMU (11-19)INT Return, TD: N/AFumble Return: N/A

Rushing Attempts: 32, Tre Harbison at Toledo (11-13)Net Rushing Yards: 168, Tre Harbison at Toledo (11-13)Rushing TDs: 3, Tre Harbison at Ohio (10-12) Long TD Run: 40 yards, Marcus Childers at Toledo (11-13)Non-Scoring Run: 70 yards, Marcus Childers at Ohio (10-12)

Passes Attempted: 44, Ross Bowers at Nebraska (9-14)Passes Completed: 25, Ross Bowers at Nebraska (9-14)Passing Yards: 338, Ross Bowers at Ohio (10-12)Passes Had Intercepted: 3, Marcus Childers vs. EMU (11-19) 3, Ross Bowers vs. CMU (11-2) Completion Percentage: .778 (7-9), Marcus Childers vs. Akron (10-26)TD Passes: 3, Marcus Childers vs. Akron (10-26)Long TD Pass: 74, Bowers to Spencer Tears at Utah (9-7)Non-Scoring Pass: 49, Bowers to Cole Tucker at CMU (11-2)

Receptions: 8, Cole Tucker at Ohio (10-12)Receiving Yards: 118, Cole Tucker at Ohio (10-12)Receiving TDs: 2, Tyrice Richie vs. Illinois State (8-31)

Punt Returns (not blocks): 2 (5x), last Cole Tucker vs. Akron (10-26)Punt Return Yards: 23, Cole Tucker vs, Akron (10-26)Punt Return, Long: 13, Cole Tucker vs. Akron (10-26)

Kickoff Returns: 2 (3x), last Marcus Jones vs. Ball State (10-5)Kickoff Return Yards: 42, Marus Jones vs. Illinois State (8-31)Kickoff Return, Long: 27, Marcus Jones vs. Illinois State (8-31)

Total Plays: 48, Ross Bowers at Nebraska (9-14)Total Offensive Yards: 321, Ross Bowers at Ohio (10-12)

All-Purpose Attempts: 33, Tre Harbison at Toledo (11-13)All-Purpose Yards: 201, Tre Harbison at Toledo (11-13)

Points: 18, Tre Harbison at Ohio (10-12)Touchdowns: 3, Tre Harbison at Ohio (10-12) Points Kicking: 9, John Richardson at Ohio (10-12)

Field Goals Attempted: 4, John Richardson at Ohio (10-12)Field Goals Made: 2 (3x), last John Richardson at Ohio (10-12)Longest Field Goal Attempt: 51, John Richardson at Ohio (10-12)Longest Field Goal Made: 51, John Richardson at Ohio (10-12)

Punts: 8, Matt Ference vs. Illinois State (8-31)Best Punting Average: 45.2, Matt Ference at Nebraska (11-2)Longest Punt: 57 yards, Matt Ference at Nebraska (9-14) Tackles: 17, Antonio Jones-Davis vs. Ball State (10-5)Tackles for Loss: 2.5, Jordan Cole at Nebraska (9-14)Sacks 1.0, many times Interceptions: 1, 4 times by 4 different playersLong Interception Return: 40 yds, Devin Haney vs. Akron (10-26)

Fumbles Forced: 1, (7x)Fumbles Recovered: 1, (7x)Fumble Return: 2 yards, Trayshon Foster at Toledo (11-13)


NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Hgt. Wgt. Yr. Exp. Hometown (HS/Previous School) 2 Lance Deveaux Jr. LB 5-10 215 Sr. 3L Pompano Beach, Fla. (St. Thomas Aquinas) 2 Michael Love WR 5-9 180 Fr. HS LaGrange Park, Ill. (Nazareth Academy) 3 Kyle Pugh LB 6-0 225 Sr.-R 3L Chicago Heights, Ill. (Bloom Township) 3 Tyrice Richie WR 6-0 190 Jr. JC Chicago, Ill. (Homewood-Flossmoor/Dodge City [KS] CC) 4 Antonio Jones-Davis LB 5-11 220 Sr.-R 3L Vero Beach, Fla. (Vero Beach) 5 Michael Kennedy DE 6-1 225 So.-R 1L Chicago, Ill. (Mount Carmel) 6 Rodney Hall WR 6-2 220 So.-R 1L Detroit, Mich. (Cass Tech) 7 Anthony Thompson QB 6-0 205 Jr.-R 2L Chicago, Ill. (Mount Carmel) 7 Marshé Terry S 6-4 220 Sr.-R GTR Columbus, N.J. (N. Burlington/Connecticut) 8 Mykelti Williams S 6-0 200 Sr.-R 2L Indianapolis, Ind. (Iowa Western CC) 9 Matt Lorbeck DE 6-4 250 Jr. 2L Green Bay, Wis. (Bay Port) 9 Mohamed Toure WR 6-2 195 Fr. HS Irvington, N.J. (Irvington) 10 Quintin Wynne DE 6-1 240 Sr.-R 3L St. Louis, Mo. (Christian Brothers) 10 Fabian McCray WR 6-2 185 Fr. HS Chicago, Ill. (Phillips) 11 Mariano Valenti QB 6-1 205 Fr. HS Rochester, Mich. (St. Thomas Aquinas [Fla.]) 11 Trayshon Foster S 6-0 205 Sr.-R 3L Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Tuscaloosa Academy) 12 Ross Bowers QB 6-2 200 Sr.-R GTR Bothell, Wash. (Bothell/California) 13 Joseph Bonds LB 6-2 215 Fr.-R RS Chicago, Ill. (De La Salle Institute) 13 Leon Payne WR 5-10 175 Fr.-R RS Chicago, Ill. (Simeon) 14 Jimmy Lowery K 5-8 220 Fr. HS Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (American Heritage) 14 Spencer Tears WR 6-1 195 Sr.-R 3L Chicago, Ill. (H.L. Richards) 15 Dillon Thomas S 6-2 185 So.-R 1L Kansas City, Mo. (Park Hill South) 15 Marcus Childers QB 6-1 215 Jr.-R 2L Adairsville, Ga. (Adairsville) 16 Bryce Carey QB 6-1 180 Fr. HS Middleton, Wis. (Middleton) 16 J.D. Harris CB 5-10 170 Fr.-R RS Columbus, Ind. (Columbus North) 17 Dennis Robinson WR 6-5 225 So.-R 1L Hollywood, Fla. (South Broward) 18 Cole Tucker WR 6-2 190 So.-R 1L DeKalb, Ill. (DeKalb) 18 Kewan Parker LB 5-10 220 Fr.-R RS Miami, Fla. (Carol City) 19 Jyran Mitchell WR 5-11 195 Fr.-R RS Matteson, Ill. (Rich Central) 20 Zhamaine March CB 5-8 175 So. 1L Detroit, Mich. (East English Village Prep) 21 Marcus Jones TB 5-8 190 Sr.-R 3L Chicago, Ill. (Brother Rice) 22 Tre Harbison TB 5-11 215 Jr.-R 2L Shelby, N.C. (Crest/Virginia) 23 Jalen McKie CB 5-8 180 So.-R 1L Gurnee, Ill. (Waukegan) 24 Trequan Smith S 6-0 195 Sr.-R 3L Boynton Beach, Fla. (Boynton Beach) 25 Cortez Hogans DE 6-3 245 So. 1L Palatine, Ill. (Palatine) 26 Antwain Walker CB 6-1 190 So. 1L Oswego, Ill. (Oswego East) 27 Rondarius Gregory TB 5-7 190 Fr. HS Nashville, Tenn. (East Nashville Magnet) 27 Mark Aitken CB 5-9 180 Fr. HS Chicago, Ill. (Kenwood Academy) 28 Jordan Nettles TB 5-9 180 So.-R 1L Romeoville, Ill. (Romeoville) 28 TommyBrunner DE 6-3 230 Fr. HS Milwaukee,Wis.(WhitefishBay) 29 Adam Buirge S 6-0 205 Sr.-R 3L Minneapolis, Minn. (Park Center) 30 Rahveon Valentine TB 5-8 180 Fr.-R RS Lena, Ill. (Lena-Winslow) 31 Tyrik Henderson CB 5-11 185 Fr. PS Carol Stream, Ill. (Glenbard North/St. Thomas More Prep) 32 Brett Bostad TE/FB 6-0 235 Fr.-R RS Kennedale, Texas (Kennedale) 32 Brianjay Ross S 5-11 185 Fr.-R RS DeKalb, Ill. (DeKalb) 33 Joshua Earl S 6-1 190 Fr.-R RS Naperville, Ill. (Neuqua Valley) 34 ReggieJennings DE 6-1 220 Fr.-R RS Milwaukee,Wis.(BrookfieldCentral) 34 Malik Winston RB 5-10 205 Fr. HS Mount Horeb, Wis. (Mount Horeb) 35 Romel Goston CB 6-0 185 Fr. HS Chicago, Ill. (Raby) 36 Matt Ference P 5-11 190 Jr. 2L St. Louis, Mo. (Lafayette) 37 Jeron Starks TE/FB 5-11 220 Fr.-R RS Chicago, Ill. (King College Prep) 37 Jace Hohenthaner P 6-5 180 Fr. HS Lakeland, Fla. (Lakeland) 38 Nick Rattin LB 6-2 205 Fr. HS Palatine, Ill. (Fremd) 39 John Richardson K 5-11 190 Fr.-R RS Orland Park, Ill. (Brother Rice)

2019 NIU HUSKIES FOOTBALL

ALPHABETICALNo.Name Pos. 93 Erik Abrell LS 27 Mark Aitken CB 13 Joseph Bonds LB 32 Brett Bostad TE/FB 12 Ross Bowers QB 89 Mitchell Brinkman TE 28 Tommy Brunner DE 29 Adam Buirge S 16 Bryce Carey QB 48 Michael Cerniglia TE/FB 15 Marcus Childers QB 45 Jordan Cole LB 70 Marques Cox OL 88 Daniel Crawford TE/FB 80 Mike DeHaan TE/FB 95 Jawon Denton DE 2 Lance Deveaux Jr. LB 33 Joshua Earl S 75 Leif Engstrand OL 94 James Ester DT 36 Matt Ference P 11 Trayshon Foster S 57 Rayshawn Gay LB 85 Ryan Gibbons WR 35 Romel Goston CB 42 Andrew Gregory LB 27 Rondarius Gregory TB91 JeffreyGriffinJr. DT 63 Ezekiel Gueths OL 6 Rodney Hall WR 22 Tre Harbison TB 51 Nathan Harman LB 41 Camari Harris LB 16 J.D. Harris CB98 JackHeflin DT 21 Tyrik Henderson S 25 Cortez Hogans DE 37 Jace Hohenthaner P 34 Reggie Jennings DE 21 Marcus Jones TB 4 Antonio Jones-Davis LB 96 Marcus Kelly DT 5 Michael Kennedy DE 55 Weston Kramer DT 50 Vinny Labus LB 99 Ben LeRoy DT 44 Corey Lersch TE/FB 79 J.J. Lippe OL 9 Matt Lorbeck DE 2 Michael Love WR 14 Jimmy Lowery K 47 Dylan Lozeau TE/FB 20 Zhamaine March CB 58 Cam Mattox DE 10 Fabian McCray WR 23 Jalen McKie CB 19 Jyran Mitchell WR 28 Jordan Nettles TB53 Michael Newman LB 46 Shaquan Oliver FB 61 Benn Olson OL 18 Kewan Parker LB 58 Brayden Patton OL


NUMERICAL ROSTER (2)No. Name Pos. Hgt. Wgt. Yr. Exp. Hometown (High School/Previous) 40 Walter Riley LB 6-0 195 Fr. HS Chicago, Ill. (H.L. Richards) 41 Camari Harris LB 6-1 200 Fr. HS Fort Wayne, Ind. (Bishop Luers) 42 Andrew Gregory LB 6-2 220 Jr.-R 2L Normal, Ill. (Normal Community) 43 Thomas Peterson LS 6-3 250 Fr. HS Mequon, Wis. (Homestead) 44 Corey Lersch TE/FB 6-3 240 Jr.-R 2L McHenry, Ill. (McHenry) 45 Jordan Cole LB 6-2 215 So.-R 1L Ferguson, Mo. (McCluer South-Berkeley) 46 Shaquan Oliver FB 5-10 225 Sr.-R TR Montclair, N.J. (Montclair) 47 Dylan Lozeau TE/FB 6-1 235 Fr. HS Sycamore, Ill. (Sycamore) 48 Michael Cerniglia TE/FB 6-3 245 Fr. HS Madison, Wis. (Memorial) 50 Vinny Labus LB 6-1 225 So.-R 1L Park Ridge Ill. (Maine South) 51 Nathan Harman LB 5-11 225 Fr.-R RS Monticello, Ill. (Monticello) 52 Tristen Tewes LB 6-3 215 Fr. HS Pleasant Plains, Ill. (Pleasant Plains) 53 Michael Newman LB 6-3 185 Fr. HS DeKalb, Ill. (DeKalb) 54 Austin Warner OL 6-5 285 Jr.-R 2L Oswego, Ill. (Oswego) 55 Weston Kramer DT 6-1 290 Jr. 2L Naperville, Ill. (Marmion Academy) 57 Rayshawn Gay LB 6-2 215 So.-R 1L Maywood, Ill. (Proviso East) 58 Brayden Patton OL 6-5 300 Jr.-R 2L Elletsville, Ind. (Edgewood) 58 Cam Mattox DE 6-2 225 Fr. HS Markham, Ill. (Hillcrest) 61 Benn Olson OL 6-4 300 Jr.-R 2L Burnsville, Minn. (Burnsville) 62 Christopher Perez Jr. OL 6-1 295 Sr. 1L Shawnee, Kan. (St. Thomas Aquinas/Butler CC) 63 Ezekiel Gueths OL 6-5 300 Jr.-R 1L Shawano, Wis. (Shawano Community) 65 Nathan Veloz OL 6-5 320 Sr.-R 3L Oak Creek, Wis. (Oak Creek) 68 Owen Rozumalski OL 6-1 290 Fr.-R RS Oak Creek, Wis. (Oak Creek) 69 Nolan Potter OL 6-6 285 Fr.-R RS Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Washington) 70 Marques Cox OL 6-6 305 Fr.-R RS Peoria, Ill. (Peoria) 72 Jordan Steckler OL 6-5 305 Sr.-R 3L Two Rivers, Wis. (Two Rivers) 73 Andrew Starr OL 6-4 300 Sr.-R GTR Norwalk, Conn. (Brien McMahon/Sacred Heart) 75 Leif Engstrand OL 6-8 305 Fr. HS Oconomowoc, Wis. (Oconomowoc) 76 Logan Zschernitz OL 6-3 315 Fr. HS Spencer, Wis. (Spencer) 77 Cole Webster OL 6-7 300 So.-R RS Bettendorf, Iowa (Bettendorf) 79 J.J.Lippe OL 6-5 290 Fr. HS Milwaukee,Wis.(WhitefishBay) 80 Mike DeHaan TE/FB 6-5 250 Fr.-R RS Tinley Park, Ill. (Andrew) 81 Matt Pollack WR 6-0 190 Fr.-R RS Mokena, Ill. (Lincoln Way Central) 83 Liam Soraghan TE/FB 6-7 250 So.-R 1L Dearborn, Mich. (Divine Child) 84 Messiah Travis WR 5-10 175 Fr. HS Chicago, Ill. (Solorio Academy) 85 Ryan Gibbons WR 5-11 180 Jr.-R 2L Park Ridge, Ill. (Maine South) 87 Maximillian Thrower TE/FB 6-4 240 Jr.-R 2L Detroit, Mich. (Shrine Catholic) 88 Daniel Crawford TE/FB 6-2 250 Sr.-R 2L Macomb, Mich. (Dakota) 89 MitchellBrinkman TE 6-3 250 Jr.-R 2L CouncilBluffs,Iowa(LewisCentral) 90 CalebWright DT 6-3 250 Fr.-R RS Brookfield,Wis.(BrookfieldEast) 91 JeffreyGriffinJr. DT 6-0 285 Fr.-R RS Homewood,Ill.(Homewood-Flossmoor) 92 A.J. Taylor DT 6-0 290 Sr.-R 2L Chicago, Ill. [IMG Academy (Fla.)/Murray St.] 93 Erik Abrell LS 6-1 225 So.-R 1L Aurora, Ill. (Aurora Christian/W. Illinois) 94 James Ester DT 6-2 265 Fr. HS Detroit, Mich. (Cass Tech) 95 Jawon Denton DE 6-2 215 So.-R 1L Chicago, Ill. (Morgan Park) 96 Marcus Kelly DT 6-4 275 Sr.-R 3L Waukesha, Wis. (West) 97 Demond Taylor DT 6-2 290 Fr. HS East St. Louis, Ill. (East St. Louis) 98 JackHeflin DT 6-4 310 Jr.-R 2L Prophetstown,Ill.(Erie-Prophetstown) 99 Ben LeRoy DT 6-3 285 Sr. 3L Wilmette, Ill. (Loyola Academy)

KEY: RS -- Has already used a redshirt season. Sq -- Squad member. L -- Letterman. HS -- High School. WO -- Walk-on (new). TR – Transfer. GTR – Grad Transfer.


ALPHABETICAL No.Name Pos.13 Leon Payne WR 62 Christopher Perez Jr. OL 43 Thomas Peterson LS 81 Matt Pollack WR 69 Nolan Potter OL 3 Kyle Pugh LB 38 Nick Rattin LB 39 John Richardson K 3 Tyrice Richie WR 40 Walter Riley LB 17 Dennis Robinson WR 32 Brianjay Ross S 68 Owen Rozumalski OL 24 Trequan Smith S 83 Liam Soraghan TE/FB 37 Jeron Starks TE/FB 73 Andrew Starr OL 72 Jordan Steckler OL 92 A.J. Taylor DT 97 Demond Taylor DT 14 Spencer Tears WR 7 Marshé Terry S/LB 52 Tristen Tewes LB 15 Dillon Thomas CB 7 Anthony Thompson QB 87 Maximillian Thrower TE/FB 9 Mohamed Toure WR 84 Messiah Travis WR 18 Cole Tucker WR 11 Mariano Valenti QB 30 Rahveon Valentine TB 65 Nathan Veloz OL 26 Antwain Walker CB 54 Austin Warner OL 77 Cole Webster OL 8 Mykelti Williams S 34 Malik Winston RB 90 Caleb Wright DT 10 Quintin Wynne DE 76 Logan Zschernitz OL



DEPTH CHART* (WESTERN MICHIGAN GAME)PRONUNCIATIONS

Name ........................... PronunciationErik ABRELL .......................................AY-brullBrett BOSTAD ................................BO-staddTommy BRUNNER ..................... BREW-nerAdam BUIRGE ....................................... BURJMichael CERNIGLIA .....chur-NEE-lee-uhMarcus CHILDERS ....................CHILL-dersMARQUES Cox .................................MarcusMike DEHAAN ......................... duh-HAWNLance DEVEAUX Jr. ...................... duh-VOELIEF ENGSTRAND ........LEAF ANG-strandMatt FERENCE ............................ FARE-entsROMEL GOSTON ....... roe-MELL GO-stinRONDARIUS Gregory...ron-DARE-ee-usEzekiel GUETHS ....uh-ZEEK-ee-ul GEETSTRE Harbison ........................................ TRAYCAMARI Harris ......................kuh-MAR-eeTYRIK Henderson ..........................tie-REEKCORTEZ Hogans............................core-TEZJace HOHENTHANER ...HOE-en-THAY-nerVinny LABUS ................................. LAY-bussBen LEROY .........................................LEE-royCorey LERSCH .......................................LershJ.J. LIPPE ................................................ LIP-eeDylan LOZEAU ................................LOE-zohZHAMAINE March ....................juh-MAINJalen MCKIE ....................................mih-KEEJYRAN Mitchell ................................. JIE-renKEWAN Parker ........................... KEY-wahnNick RATTIN ..................................ruh-TEENTYRICE Richie .......................................tie-REESEOwen ROZUMALSKI ....roz-uh-MOLL-skeeLiam Soraghan ..... Lee-UM SORE-uh-GANTREQUAN Smith .....................TRAY-kwonDEMOND Taylor......................duh-MONDTristan TEWES ................................... TAY-visSpencer TEARS .................................. TEERSMARSHÉ Terry.............................mar-SHAYMOHAMED TOURE .......moe-HOMM-ed.............................................................. toe-RAYNathan VELOZ ..............................vell-OHSANTWAIN Walker...................Ann-TWANMYKELTI Williams .............Muh-KELL-teeQuintin WYNNE ....................................WINLogan ZSCHERNITZ ..................SHUR-nitz

COACHESEric EIDSNESS ..............................IDES-nessDaryl AGPALSA .................. Ag-PAWL-suhATIF Austin ....................................... uh-TEEFJordan GIGLI .....................................GEE-leeTony SORRENTINO......SORE-un-TEE-no

OFFENSE No. Name Hgt. Wgt. Yr. Hometown (High School/Previous School)QB 12 Ross Bowers 6-2 200 Sr.-R Bothell, Wash. (Bothell/California) OR 15 Marcus Childers 6-1 215 Jr.-R Adairsville, Ga. (Adairsville) 7 Anthony Thompson 6-0 205 Jr.-R Chicago, Ill. (Mt. Carmel)TB 22 Tre Harbison 5-11 215 Jr.-R Shelby, N.C. (Crest/Virginia) 21 Marcus Jones 5-8 190 Sr.-R Evergreen Park, Ill. (Brother Rice) AND 28 Jordan Nettles 5-9 180 So.-R Romeoville, Ill. (Romeoville) TE 89 MitchellBrinkman 6-3 254 Jr.-R CouncilBluffs,Iowa(LewisCentral) AND 88 Daniel Crawford 6-2 250 Sr.-R Macomb, Mich. (Dakota) 44 Corey Lersch 6-3 240 Jr.-R McHenry, Ill. (McHenry)WR 18 Cole Tucker 6-2 190 So.-R DeKalb, Ill. (DeKalb) 10 Fabian McCray 6-2 185 Fr. Chicago, Ill. (Phillips)WR 3 Tyrice Richie 6-0 190 Jr. Chicago, Ill. (Homewood-Flossmoor/Dodge City CC) 2 Michael Love 5-9 180 Fr. LaGrange Park, Ill. (Nazareth Academy)WR 14 Spencer Tears 6-1 195 Sr.-R Chicago, Ill. (H.L. Richards) 17 Dennis Robinson 6-5 214 So.-R Hollywood, Fla. (South Broward)LT 70 Marques Cox 6-6 305 Fr.-R Peoria, Ill. (Peoria) 73 Andrew Starr 6-4 300 Sr.-R Norwalk, Conn. (Brien McMahon/Sacred Heart)LG 61 Benn Olson 6-4 300 Jr.-R Burnsville, Minn. (Burnsville) OR 65 Nathan Veloz 6-5 320 Sr.-R Oak Creek, Wis. (Oak Creek) C 58 Brayden Patton 6-5 300 Jr.-R Elletsville, Ind. (Edgewood) 61 Benn Olson 6-4 300 Jr.-R Burnsville, Minn. (Burnsville)RG 54 Austin Warner 6-5 285 Jr.-R Oswego, Ill. (Oswego) 73 Andrew Starr 6-4 300 Sr.-R Norwalk, Conn. (Brien McMahon/Sacred Heart)RT 72 Jordan Steckler 6-5 305 Sr.-R Two Rivers, Wis. (Two Rivers) 69 Nolan Potter 6-6 285 Fr.-R Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Washington) DEFENSE No. Name Hgt. Wgt. Yr. Hometown (High School/Previous School)DE 9 Matt Lorbeck 6-4 250 Jr. Green Bay, Wis. (Bay Port) 96 Marcus Kelly 6-4 275 Sr.-R Waukesha, Wis. (West) DT 55 Weston Kramer 6-1 290 Jr. Naperville, Ill. (Marmion Academy) 91 JeffreyGriffinJr. 6-0 285 Fr.-R Homewood,Ill.(Homewood-Flossmoor)DT 99 Ben LeRoy 6-3 285 Sr. Wilmette, Ill. (Loyola Academy) OR 98 JackHeflin 6-4 310 Jr.-R Prophetstown,Ill.(Erie-Prophetstown)DE 10 Quintin Wynne 6-1 240 Sr.-R St. Louis, Mo. (Christian Brothers) 5 Michael Kennedy 6-1 225 So.-R Chicago, Ill. (Mt. Carmel)OLB 45 Jordan Cole 6-2 215 So.-R Ferguson, Mo. (McCluer South Berkeley) 57 Rayshawn Gay 6-2 215 So.-R Maywood, Ill. (Proviso East)MLB 38 Nick Rattin 6-2 205 Fr. Palatine, Ill. (Fremd) OR 50 Vinny Labus 6-1 225 So.-R Park Ridge, Ill. (Maine South)OLB 7 Marshé Terry 6-4 220 Sr.-R Columbus, N.J. (North Burlington/Connecticut) 52 Tristen Tewes 6-3 215 Fr. Pleasant Plains, Ill. (Pleasant Plains)CB 23 Jalen McKie 5-8 180 So.-R Gurnee, Ill. (Waukegan) 20 Zhamaine March 5-8 175 So. Detroit, Mich. (East English Village Prep)S 11 Trayshon Foster 6-0 205 Sr.-R Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Tuscaloosa Academy) 24 Trequan Smith 6-0 195 Sr.-R Boynton Beach, Fla. (Boynton Beach)S 8 Mykelti Williams 6-0 200 Sr.-R Indianapolis, Ind. (Notre Dame/Iowa Western) 29 Adam Buirge 6-0 205 Sr.-R Minneapolis, Minn. (Park Center)CB 15 Dillon Thomas 6-2 185 So.-R Kansas City, Mo. (Park Hill South) 20 Zhamaine March 5-8 175 So. Detroit, Mich. (East English Village Prep) SPECIALISTS No. Name Hgt. Wgt. Yr. Hometown (High School/Previous School)P 36 Matt Ference 5-11 198 Jr. St. Louis, Mo. (Lafayette) 39 John Richardson 5-11 190 Fr.-R Orland Park, Ill. (Brother Rice)K 39 John Richardson 5-11 190 Fr.-R Orland Park, Ill. (Brother Rice) 36 Matt Ference 5-11 198 Jr. St. Louis, Mo. (Lafayette)LS 93 Erik Abrell 6-1 225 So.-R Aurora, Ill. (Aurora Christian/Western Illinois)HO 36 Matt Ference 5-11 198 Jr. St. Louis, Mo. (Lafayette) 15 Marcus Childers 6-1 215 Jr.-R Adairsville, Ga. (Adairsville)PR 18 Cole Tucker 6-2 190 So.-R DeKalb, Ill. (DeKalb) 2 Michael Love 5-9 180 Fr. LaGrange Park, Ill. (Nazareth Academy)KR 18 Cole Tucker 6-2 190 So.-R DeKalb, Ill. (DeKalb) 2 Michael Love 5-9 180 Fr. LaGrange Park, Ill. (Nazareth Academy)

*Depth chart based on participation/availability in previous week’s game.

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